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http://www.sociologypress.com/books/interest/time_for_dying.htm This book is a sequel to “Awareness for Dying” and focuses on the temporal aspects of dying in hospitals. Dying takes varying amounts of time, from sudden to excessive lingering. The social psychological events that take place during dying as a temporal process given professional codes and training and hospital prescribed work are explored and woven into a theory of status passage. CONTENT Chapter 1 Dying trajectories Chapter 2 Sudden Death: A case of suicide Chapter 3 Initial definitions of the dying trajectory Chapter 4 Lingering trajectories: Institutional dying Chapter 5 Lingering trajectories: At home and in hospitals Chapter 6 The expected quick trajectory Chapter 7 The unexpected quick trajectory Chapter 8 Last weeks an days Chapter 9 Finding the dying trajectory Chapter 10 After death in the hospital Chapter 11 Time, structural processes and status passage Chapter 12 Improving the care of the dying Appendix

http://www.sociologypress.com/books/interest/awareness_of_dying.htm This is the first grounded theory book, now pub­lished in four languages. Its resounding suc­cess led to the seminal codification of classic grounded theory method­ology, in "Discovery of Grounded Theory”. At the time of the study, American physi­cians were quite reluctant to disclose impending death to their patients. The book addresses the social psychological problems of dying in hospitals when the patient knows and does not know, with varying degrees between, that he/she is dying. It focuses on the effects of interaction and tactics used by nurses in care of the dying patient within different awareness contests. CONTENT Part 1 Introduction 1 The problem of awareness of dying 2 Expectations of death: A problem in social definition Part II Types of Awareness Contexts 3 Closed awareness 4 Suspicion awareness: The contest for control 5 The ritual drama of mutual pretence 6 The ambiguities of open awareness 7 Discounting awareness Part III Problems of Awareness 8 Direct disclosure of terminality 9 The unaware family 10 The aware family 11 “Nothing more to do”: The problem of no recovery 12 “Nothing more to do”: The problem of comfort 13 Awareness and the nurse’s composure Part IV Conclusions 14 The practical use of awareness theory 15 Awareness and the study of social interaction Appendix Methods of Collection and Analysis

Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text "Case Study Research" offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This thoroughly revised text now covers more than 50 case studies (approximately 25 per cent new), gives fresh attention to quantitative analyses, discusses more fully the use of mixed methods research designs, and includes new methodological insights. The book's coverage of case study research and how it is applied in practice gives readers access to exemplary case studies drawn from a wide variety of academic and applied fields. The fourth edition highlights each specific research feature through 44 boxed vignettes that feature previously published case studies. It provides methodological insights to show the similarities between case studies and other social science methods. It suggests a three-stage approach to help readers define the initial questions they will consider in their own case study research. It covers new material on human subjects protection, the role of Institutional Review Boards, and the interplay between obtaining IRB approval and the final development of the case study protocol and conduct of a pilot case. It includes an overall graphic of the entire case study research process at the beginning of the book, then highlights the steps in the process through graphics that appear at the outset of all the chapters that follow. It offers in-text learning aids including 'tips' that pose key questions and answers at the beginning of each chapter, practical exercises, endnotes, and a new cross-referencing table. "Case Study Research, Fourth Edition" is ideal for courses in departments of Education, Business and Management, Nursing and Public Health, Public Administration, Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science.

This book helps graduate students and seasoned researchers strengthen their own case study research and become more critical consumers of the case study research done by others. It presents a collection of 21 individual applications of the case study method, many shortened or re-written for this book. Following feedback from users of earlier editions of the book, the applications include a wide array of single-case studies, providing useful examples for solo researchers. New to This Edition: - Expanded from 10 to 15 chapters, and from 16 to 21 case study applications, the book provides many more examples of the case study method - Contains six entirely new chapters, all emphasizing single-case and simpler applications, and including an introductory chapter which serves as a refresher on the case study method - Provides a new feature called inside stories, which are linked to suggested classroom exercises - Includes an expanded section of the book on case study evaluations, including an new chapter on the principles of case study evaluations along with a specific and new application.