Lynne Dale Halamish and Doron Hermoni
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195325379
- eISBN:
- 9780199999811
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195325379.003.0013
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine and Older People
This chapter examines the concept of freedom in relation to the experience of 25-year-old Judah, who took the responsibility of caring for her girlfriend Sarah after they had a car accident and she ...
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This chapter examines the concept of freedom in relation to the experience of 25-year-old Judah, who took the responsibility of caring for her girlfriend Sarah after they had a car accident and she was seriously hurt with a head injury. Judah spent most his time caring for Sarah but later realized that he needed to earn money and decided to go to the Far East to sell imitation brand-name products. He was imprisoned for three months for selling illegal products, and when he returned to Sarah he learned to strike balance between caring for her and his personal life.Less
This chapter examines the concept of freedom in relation to the experience of 25-year-old Judah, who took the responsibility of caring for her girlfriend Sarah after they had a car accident and she was seriously hurt with a head injury. Judah spent most his time caring for Sarah but later realized that he needed to earn money and decided to go to the Far East to sell imitation brand-name products. He was imprisoned for three months for selling illegal products, and when he returned to Sarah he learned to strike balance between caring for her and his personal life.
CHERYL REGEHR and TED BOBER
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195165029
- eISBN:
- 9780199864089
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165029.003.0005
- Subject:
- Social Work, Health and Mental Health
The training and personality style of emergency responders prepares them to deal with high drama situations. However, this exposure has an impact on their emotional and psychological well-being. This ...
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The training and personality style of emergency responders prepares them to deal with high drama situations. However, this exposure has an impact on their emotional and psychological well-being. This chapter discusses the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and the various levels of symptoms that people can experience from mild distress to symptoms that significantly affect function. Factors associated with higher levels of symptoms based on previous research are also reviewed. The coping mechanism most frequently described by emergency responders involves the deliberate use of cognitive strategies such as conscious attempts to shut out the emotional reactions of family members of the victim, visualizing the next technical step to be accomplished, and shutting down their own emotions. Other types of strategies involve having a positive personal life, talking to family, exercise, and blowing off steam with colleagues. The effectiveness of various strategies for self-care and coping are discussed.Less
The training and personality style of emergency responders prepares them to deal with high drama situations. However, this exposure has an impact on their emotional and psychological well-being. This chapter discusses the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and the various levels of symptoms that people can experience from mild distress to symptoms that significantly affect function. Factors associated with higher levels of symptoms based on previous research are also reviewed. The coping mechanism most frequently described by emergency responders involves the deliberate use of cognitive strategies such as conscious attempts to shut out the emotional reactions of family members of the victim, visualizing the next technical step to be accomplished, and shutting down their own emotions. Other types of strategies involve having a positive personal life, talking to family, exercise, and blowing off steam with colleagues. The effectiveness of various strategies for self-care and coping are discussed.
Marie-Françoise Chanfrault-Duchet
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861344939
- eISBN:
- 9781447301554
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861344939.003.0018
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Research and Statistics
Combining literary with life history analysis of teacher's narratives, this chapter is concerned with how personal lives interact with changes in professional practice in the teaching of French in ...
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Combining literary with life history analysis of teacher's narratives, this chapter is concerned with how personal lives interact with changes in professional practice in the teaching of French in schools in France. Based on the research processes and initial findings of the project, this chapter focuses on the significance of the life story as a research device in understanding professional identity. This specific issue raises questions: How do we define ‘professional identity’?; How do teachers construct their professional identity in response to changes in practice?; What are the links between personal and professional identity?; To what extent can a life story be an effective methodological tool?; What do life stories tell?; How can the ethical and epistemological problems arising from the use of a life story in an open research team be resolved? Before discussing these questions, the chapter first sketches the main lines of argument concerning biographical methods and professional practice from the standpoint of professional identity, and outlines the research context. It then reviews the methodological potential of the life story through the analysis of two life stories. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the possible effects and applications of the research process and findings to teacher training.Less
Combining literary with life history analysis of teacher's narratives, this chapter is concerned with how personal lives interact with changes in professional practice in the teaching of French in schools in France. Based on the research processes and initial findings of the project, this chapter focuses on the significance of the life story as a research device in understanding professional identity. This specific issue raises questions: How do we define ‘professional identity’?; How do teachers construct their professional identity in response to changes in practice?; What are the links between personal and professional identity?; To what extent can a life story be an effective methodological tool?; What do life stories tell?; How can the ethical and epistemological problems arising from the use of a life story in an open research team be resolved? Before discussing these questions, the chapter first sketches the main lines of argument concerning biographical methods and professional practice from the standpoint of professional identity, and outlines the research context. It then reviews the methodological potential of the life story through the analysis of two life stories. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the possible effects and applications of the research process and findings to teacher training.
Tamara Chalabi
Paul Collins and Charles Tripp (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780197266076
- eISBN:
- 9780191851469
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197266076.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
This chapter proposes to explore the writing of Gertrude Bell through a few prisms: first, her interest in history and archaeology, and second, her private letters. It will examine how Bell’s ...
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This chapter proposes to explore the writing of Gertrude Bell through a few prisms: first, her interest in history and archaeology, and second, her private letters. It will examine how Bell’s interest in archaeology mirrored her interest in politics: just as in her political role, in which she was building a state, Bell attempted through her archaeological work and photography to create a mythology about the Orient. Bell’s private letters also provide an insight into how she interacted with men and the role of this interaction in realising her political aims and in shaping her life. The chapter will examine how these interactions were informed by attitudes towards women in the Victorian world she inhabited, whether in England or the Middle East.Less
This chapter proposes to explore the writing of Gertrude Bell through a few prisms: first, her interest in history and archaeology, and second, her private letters. It will examine how Bell’s interest in archaeology mirrored her interest in politics: just as in her political role, in which she was building a state, Bell attempted through her archaeological work and photography to create a mythology about the Orient. Bell’s private letters also provide an insight into how she interacted with men and the role of this interaction in realising her political aims and in shaping her life. The chapter will examine how these interactions were informed by attitudes towards women in the Victorian world she inhabited, whether in England or the Middle East.
Sasha Roseneil
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861346438
- eISBN:
- 9781447302292
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861346438.003.0014
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
This chapter argues that it is the way in which the sociologies of families and relationships have continued to centre the family in their theorising that has led to limited understandings of the ...
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This chapter argues that it is the way in which the sociologies of families and relationships have continued to centre the family in their theorising that has led to limited understandings of the diversity of personal life in contemporary society. It pushes the boundaries of existing ways of thinking about personal relationships by focusing on those at the ‘cutting edge’ of social change, namely those living ‘beyond the heteronorm’. The research demonstrates the extent of friendship, ways in which family and partner are not necessarily central to people's lives and how a sense of permanence and obligation pertains to personal relationships. Boundaries are blurred between friendships and sexual relationships and the binary between homo- and heterosexual is itself being fractured at cultural and individual levels.Less
This chapter argues that it is the way in which the sociologies of families and relationships have continued to centre the family in their theorising that has led to limited understandings of the diversity of personal life in contemporary society. It pushes the boundaries of existing ways of thinking about personal relationships by focusing on those at the ‘cutting edge’ of social change, namely those living ‘beyond the heteronorm’. The research demonstrates the extent of friendship, ways in which family and partner are not necessarily central to people's lives and how a sense of permanence and obligation pertains to personal relationships. Boundaries are blurred between friendships and sexual relationships and the binary between homo- and heterosexual is itself being fractured at cultural and individual levels.
Christian Smith
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780226231952
- eISBN:
- 9780226232003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226232003.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Theory
This chapter critically examines social situationism, a form of sociological theorizing influential in recent decades that his approach contradicts. Even though situationism is edgy and intriguing, ...
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This chapter critically examines social situationism, a form of sociological theorizing influential in recent decades that his approach contradicts. Even though situationism is edgy and intriguing, it proves to be unrealistic and it throws people’s common-sense understanding off-balance, partly due to its inconsistency, and its slippery use and confusion of key terms and concepts. The chapter argues that situationism overstates and misunderstands the ways in which persons are shaped by their societies, thus failing to see that human personal life has an important and necessary interior, subjective, private dimension. In this chapter, the author disagrees with this sociological theorizing that has been internalized by many sociologists, remodelling the eight key situationist assumptions and beliefs into correct and helpful statements, which all end up being compatible with critical realist personalism and being realistic.Less
This chapter critically examines social situationism, a form of sociological theorizing influential in recent decades that his approach contradicts. Even though situationism is edgy and intriguing, it proves to be unrealistic and it throws people’s common-sense understanding off-balance, partly due to its inconsistency, and its slippery use and confusion of key terms and concepts. The chapter argues that situationism overstates and misunderstands the ways in which persons are shaped by their societies, thus failing to see that human personal life has an important and necessary interior, subjective, private dimension. In this chapter, the author disagrees with this sociological theorizing that has been internalized by many sociologists, remodelling the eight key situationist assumptions and beliefs into correct and helpful statements, which all end up being compatible with critical realist personalism and being realistic.
Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813129754
- eISBN:
- 9780813135687
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813129754.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The Peace Corps experience as related by the six volunteers over the five decades have brought about crucial effects on their lives as some of them had been able to discover what they wanted to ...
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The Peace Corps experience as related by the six volunteers over the five decades have brought about crucial effects on their lives as some of them had been able to discover what they wanted to pursue as lifelong careers. Also, some of them wanted to continue learning more about other cultures, and they have been able to relate and apply their experiences to their families and students. This chapter first reviews the Peace Corps's third goal and talks about how the volunteers have been able to bring the world back, particularly in Kentucky. As the chapter also provides an examination of how the Peace Corps was able to influence their worldviews, their chosen careers, as well as their personal lives, it provides some accounts of how they were able to contribute to the betterment of the United States, specifically to Kentucky.Less
The Peace Corps experience as related by the six volunteers over the five decades have brought about crucial effects on their lives as some of them had been able to discover what they wanted to pursue as lifelong careers. Also, some of them wanted to continue learning more about other cultures, and they have been able to relate and apply their experiences to their families and students. This chapter first reviews the Peace Corps's third goal and talks about how the volunteers have been able to bring the world back, particularly in Kentucky. As the chapter also provides an examination of how the Peace Corps was able to influence their worldviews, their chosen careers, as well as their personal lives, it provides some accounts of how they were able to contribute to the betterment of the United States, specifically to Kentucky.
Joao Biehl, Byron Good, and Arthur Kleinman (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520247925
- eISBN:
- 9780520939639
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520247925.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Theory and Practice
This book is an extended intellectual conversation about the ways personal lives are being undone and remade today. Examining the ethnography of the modern subject, this group of scholars probes the ...
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This book is an extended intellectual conversation about the ways personal lives are being undone and remade today. Examining the ethnography of the modern subject, this group of scholars probes the continuity and diversity of modes of personhood across a range of Western and non-Western societies. Contributors consider what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war; how new information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself; and which forms of subjectivity and life possibilities are produced against a world in pieces. The transdisciplinary conversation includes anthropologists, historians of science, psychologists, a literary critic, a philosopher, physicians, and an economist. The authors touch on how we think and write about contingency, human agency, and ethics today.Less
This book is an extended intellectual conversation about the ways personal lives are being undone and remade today. Examining the ethnography of the modern subject, this group of scholars probes the continuity and diversity of modes of personhood across a range of Western and non-Western societies. Contributors consider what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war; how new information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself; and which forms of subjectivity and life possibilities are produced against a world in pieces. The transdisciplinary conversation includes anthropologists, historians of science, psychologists, a literary critic, a philosopher, physicians, and an economist. The authors touch on how we think and write about contingency, human agency, and ethics today.
LaKisha Michelle Simmons
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469622804
- eISBN:
- 9781469622828
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469622804.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, this book blends social history and cultural studies, recreating children's streets and neighborhoods ...
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What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, this book blends social history and cultural studies, recreating children's streets and neighborhoods within Jim Crow New Orleans and offering a rare look into black girls' personal lives. The book argues that these children faced the difficult task of adhering to middle-class expectations of purity and respectability even as they encountered the daily realities of Jim Crow violence, which included interracial sexual aggression, street harassment, and presumptions of black girls' impurity.Less
What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, this book blends social history and cultural studies, recreating children's streets and neighborhoods within Jim Crow New Orleans and offering a rare look into black girls' personal lives. The book argues that these children faced the difficult task of adhering to middle-class expectations of purity and respectability even as they encountered the daily realities of Jim Crow violence, which included interracial sexual aggression, street harassment, and presumptions of black girls' impurity.
Thomas Soderqvist
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300094411
- eISBN:
- 9780300128710
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300094411.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne. Jerne's Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of ...
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This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne. Jerne's Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of immunology place him in the pantheon of great twentieth-century biomedical theorists, yet his life is perhaps even more interesting than his science. A legendary figure who preferred an afternoon of conversation in a Paris wine bar to work in the laboratory, Jerne was renowned for his unparalleled powers of concentration and analytical keenness as well as his dissonant personal life. The book explores Jerne the man and scientist, making the fascinating argument that his life experience and view of himself became a metaphorical resource for the construction of his theories. The book also probes the moral issues that surrounded Jerne's choice to sacrifice his family in favor of scientific goals and the pursuit of excellence.Less
This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne. Jerne's Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of immunology place him in the pantheon of great twentieth-century biomedical theorists, yet his life is perhaps even more interesting than his science. A legendary figure who preferred an afternoon of conversation in a Paris wine bar to work in the laboratory, Jerne was renowned for his unparalleled powers of concentration and analytical keenness as well as his dissonant personal life. The book explores Jerne the man and scientist, making the fascinating argument that his life experience and view of himself became a metaphorical resource for the construction of his theories. The book also probes the moral issues that surrounded Jerne's choice to sacrifice his family in favor of scientific goals and the pursuit of excellence.
Roger Matthews, Helen Easton, Daniel Briggs, and Ken Pease
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847420572
- eISBN:
- 9781447301509
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847420572.003.0003
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter summarises the findings of the research which assessed the impact of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) on a range of offenders in the United Kingdom, particularly in relation to their ...
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This chapter summarises the findings of the research which assessed the impact of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) on a range of offenders in the United Kingdom, particularly in relation to their propensity to engage in anti-social behaviour and future offending. The frequency with which orders were breached was also investigated, as well as the impact of the order on the offender's personal life, including their personal and family relationships. This chapter draws on information gathered from the 38 completed cases and the 28 additional offender interviews that were undertaken. It discusses the findings under the following topics: offending histories; social, personal and psychological histories; attitudes towards being given an ASBO; responses to the conditions of the order; impact of ASBOs on offenders; geographic and functional displacement; number and type of breaches; and impact on personal, social and family life.Less
This chapter summarises the findings of the research which assessed the impact of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) on a range of offenders in the United Kingdom, particularly in relation to their propensity to engage in anti-social behaviour and future offending. The frequency with which orders were breached was also investigated, as well as the impact of the order on the offender's personal life, including their personal and family relationships. This chapter draws on information gathered from the 38 completed cases and the 28 additional offender interviews that were undertaken. It discusses the findings under the following topics: offending histories; social, personal and psychological histories; attitudes towards being given an ASBO; responses to the conditions of the order; impact of ASBOs on offenders; geographic and functional displacement; number and type of breaches; and impact on personal, social and family life.
Linda McKie, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, and John H. McKendrick
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861346438
- eISBN:
- 9781447302292
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861346438.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
The family remains a complex and dynamic concept, variably defined and experienced. Families take many different forms and these, together with changing expectations and anticipations of family life, ...
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The family remains a complex and dynamic concept, variably defined and experienced. Families take many different forms and these, together with changing expectations and anticipations of family life, provide crucial frames through which people engage in society. This chapter provides a critical engagement with some key ideas and theories about families and relationships. The aim is twofold: first, to explore the potential for the concept of boundaries to help deconstruct and reconstruct families, relationships and family practices in ways that promote critical scholarship relevant to the development of policy, practice and further research; second, to reprise and question presumptions about ‘the family’ through a critical review of ‘traditional’ family values and the changing and complex nature of families and personal life.Less
The family remains a complex and dynamic concept, variably defined and experienced. Families take many different forms and these, together with changing expectations and anticipations of family life, provide crucial frames through which people engage in society. This chapter provides a critical engagement with some key ideas and theories about families and relationships. The aim is twofold: first, to explore the potential for the concept of boundaries to help deconstruct and reconstruct families, relationships and family practices in ways that promote critical scholarship relevant to the development of policy, practice and further research; second, to reprise and question presumptions about ‘the family’ through a critical review of ‘traditional’ family values and the changing and complex nature of families and personal life.
Charlotte Bates
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781447335047
- eISBN:
- 9781447335092
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447335047.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Methodology and Statistics
This book is the story of twelve people, each living with illness. Based on ethnographic research conducted over one year, it unfolds everyday experiences of living with a long term physical or ...
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This book is the story of twelve people, each living with illness. Based on ethnographic research conducted over one year, it unfolds everyday experiences of living with a long term physical or mental health condition. In doing so, the book offers an innovative account of the body, health and illness in everyday life told from a sociological perspective.Less
This book is the story of twelve people, each living with illness. Based on ethnographic research conducted over one year, it unfolds everyday experiences of living with a long term physical or mental health condition. In doing so, the book offers an innovative account of the body, health and illness in everyday life told from a sociological perspective.
Rosemary Du Plessis, Jane Higgins, and Belinda Mortlock
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861344939
- eISBN:
- 9781447301554
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861344939.003.0019
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Research and Statistics
This chapter focuses on three categories of narratives: stories about teaching a social research course; student's stories about their practice as researchers; and the stories of forty-two women and ...
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This chapter focuses on three categories of narratives: stories about teaching a social research course; student's stories about their practice as researchers; and the stories of forty-two women and men working for the community. These stories emerged from a teaching programme in which final-year sociology students are involved in biographical research. This chapter shows how, by such community-based teaching, they generate sociological understanding of community organisations as ‘relational settings’, in which personal lives intersect with gender constructs, and with shifts in welfare funding and policy discourse, and how this impacts on all concerned. Topics discussed herein are: biography, social practice and community organisations; generating life stories; stories of community work; stories of research practice; and an assessment of biographical methods and pedagogical practice.Less
This chapter focuses on three categories of narratives: stories about teaching a social research course; student's stories about their practice as researchers; and the stories of forty-two women and men working for the community. These stories emerged from a teaching programme in which final-year sociology students are involved in biographical research. This chapter shows how, by such community-based teaching, they generate sociological understanding of community organisations as ‘relational settings’, in which personal lives intersect with gender constructs, and with shifts in welfare funding and policy discourse, and how this impacts on all concerned. Topics discussed herein are: biography, social practice and community organisations; generating life stories; stories of community work; stories of research practice; and an assessment of biographical methods and pedagogical practice.
Tess Ridge
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861343628
- eISBN:
- 9781447301745
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861343628.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology
This chapter is centred on children's home environment and their personal and familial lives. It reveals children's inner thoughts and fears, which include their families, themselves, and their ...
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This chapter is centred on children's home environment and their personal and familial lives. It reveals children's inner thoughts and fears, which include their families, themselves, and their futures. The chapter is composed of three main sections. The first is on children's opportunities for play and leisure activities at home, while the second is on their understanding and perception of money and need within their families. The third and final section is on children's perceptions of the impact of poverty on their lives.Less
This chapter is centred on children's home environment and their personal and familial lives. It reveals children's inner thoughts and fears, which include their families, themselves, and their futures. The chapter is composed of three main sections. The first is on children's opportunities for play and leisure activities at home, while the second is on their understanding and perception of money and need within their families. The third and final section is on children's perceptions of the impact of poverty on their lives.
Lisa Moreno-Walton
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780195383263
- eISBN:
- 9780199344871
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383263.003.0024
- Subject:
- Social Work, Health and Mental Health
Lisa Moreno-Walton, a Tulane University emergency physician, associate professor and medical educator, writes about her profession in Chapter 24, addressing three fundamental questions. Why do ...
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Lisa Moreno-Walton, a Tulane University emergency physician, associate professor and medical educator, writes about her profession in Chapter 24, addressing three fundamental questions. Why do emergency physicians choose emergency medicine? What are the stressors? Her final question is addressed at the end of this power essay: How can I see what is worst about people and still retain my faith in humanity? The author wryly notes that emergency physicians (EPs) are like no other for their love of action and challenge, acute care, and the life and death of practicing medicine in “real time.” Emergency medicine provides exhilaration for those who seek and thrive in it. EPs must endure an extraordinary amount of pressure to perform. Answering her final question of how one deals with the bad as well as the good, Moreno-Walton talks about the need for perspective taking and doing so with humor and sufficient self-monitoring and the help of trusted colleagues.Less
Lisa Moreno-Walton, a Tulane University emergency physician, associate professor and medical educator, writes about her profession in Chapter 24, addressing three fundamental questions. Why do emergency physicians choose emergency medicine? What are the stressors? Her final question is addressed at the end of this power essay: How can I see what is worst about people and still retain my faith in humanity? The author wryly notes that emergency physicians (EPs) are like no other for their love of action and challenge, acute care, and the life and death of practicing medicine in “real time.” Emergency medicine provides exhilaration for those who seek and thrive in it. EPs must endure an extraordinary amount of pressure to perform. Answering her final question of how one deals with the bad as well as the good, Moreno-Walton talks about the need for perspective taking and doing so with humor and sufficient self-monitoring and the help of trusted colleagues.
Kerry Malawista and Anne Adelman (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231156998
- eISBN:
- 9780231534604
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231156998.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Clinical Psychology
The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits ...
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The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits therapists from engaging in such activities. Practitioners can only share memories of a client in circumscribed ways, while respecting the patient's confidentiality. Therefore, they may find it difficult to discuss the things that made the therapeutic relationship meaningful. Similarly, when a therapist loses someone in their private lives, they are expected to isolate themselves from grief, since allowing one's personal life to enter the working relationship can interfere with a client's self-discovery and healing. For therapists caught between their grief and the empathy they provide for their clients, this collection explores the complexity of bereavement within the practice setting. It also examines the professional and personal ramifications of death and loss for the practicing clinician. Featuring original essays from longstanding practitioners, the collection demonstrates the universal experience of bereavement while outlining a theoretical framework for the position of the bereft therapist. Chapters cover the unexpected death of clients and patient suicide, personal loss in a therapist's life, the grief of clients who lose a therapist, disastrous loss within a community, and the grief resulting from professional losses and disruptions.Less
The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits therapists from engaging in such activities. Practitioners can only share memories of a client in circumscribed ways, while respecting the patient's confidentiality. Therefore, they may find it difficult to discuss the things that made the therapeutic relationship meaningful. Similarly, when a therapist loses someone in their private lives, they are expected to isolate themselves from grief, since allowing one's personal life to enter the working relationship can interfere with a client's self-discovery and healing. For therapists caught between their grief and the empathy they provide for their clients, this collection explores the complexity of bereavement within the practice setting. It also examines the professional and personal ramifications of death and loss for the practicing clinician. Featuring original essays from longstanding practitioners, the collection demonstrates the universal experience of bereavement while outlining a theoretical framework for the position of the bereft therapist. Chapters cover the unexpected death of clients and patient suicide, personal loss in a therapist's life, the grief of clients who lose a therapist, disastrous loss within a community, and the grief resulting from professional losses and disruptions.
Clayton Childress
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691160382
- eISBN:
- 9781400885275
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691160382.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology
This chapter examines how Jarrettsville came to be, and how even its title was eventually derived, by tracing the social life of artistic creation within it. Between 1998 and 2004, Cornelia Nixon was ...
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This chapter examines how Jarrettsville came to be, and how even its title was eventually derived, by tracing the social life of artistic creation within it. Between 1998 and 2004, Cornelia Nixon was working on a novel titled Martha's Version, the story of Jarrettsville based entirely from Martha Jane Cairnes's first-person perspective. Nixon was sixteen years old on a cross-country flight when her mother first told her the family story that would become her inspiration for writing Jarrettsville. The chapter first narrates the true events that Nixon fictionalized in Jarrettsville before discussing her education, writing style, and literary influences; her family and personal life as raw materials for the novel; and the research process for Jarrettsville. It also considers how the practice of writing is influenced by things such as background experiences and training, and the field of creation by social interactions. Finally, it explains how Jarrettsville came to be called Jarrettsville.Less
This chapter examines how Jarrettsville came to be, and how even its title was eventually derived, by tracing the social life of artistic creation within it. Between 1998 and 2004, Cornelia Nixon was working on a novel titled Martha's Version, the story of Jarrettsville based entirely from Martha Jane Cairnes's first-person perspective. Nixon was sixteen years old on a cross-country flight when her mother first told her the family story that would become her inspiration for writing Jarrettsville. The chapter first narrates the true events that Nixon fictionalized in Jarrettsville before discussing her education, writing style, and literary influences; her family and personal life as raw materials for the novel; and the research process for Jarrettsville. It also considers how the practice of writing is influenced by things such as background experiences and training, and the field of creation by social interactions. Finally, it explains how Jarrettsville came to be called Jarrettsville.
Sasha Roseneil and Katherine Twamley
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447318668
- eISBN:
- 9781447318682
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447318668.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work
In this chapter, Sasha Roseneil is interviewed by Katherine Twamley about her life as a sociologist. The conversation explores the role that activist politics have played in Sasha’s life and ...
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In this chapter, Sasha Roseneil is interviewed by Katherine Twamley about her life as a sociologist. The conversation explores the role that activist politics have played in Sasha’s life and research, particularly her involvement in her teenage years in the feminist anti-nuclear politics of Greenham Common in the 1980s. The critical, theoretical question of how to understand social change has always been at the heart of Sasha’s work, and this runs through the interview as a central thread of the discussion, as does the exploration of the relationship between sociology and other fields, particularly feminism, psychoanalysis and psychosocial studies. The dialogue between Sasha and Katherine explores the unfolding of Sasha’s research interests over time, and the role played by collaborations and encounters at key moments with the work of others that opened up new ways of thinking and lines of inquiry in studying contemporary personal life, and set her on the path to train as a group analyst, alongside her work as a sociologist.Less
In this chapter, Sasha Roseneil is interviewed by Katherine Twamley about her life as a sociologist. The conversation explores the role that activist politics have played in Sasha’s life and research, particularly her involvement in her teenage years in the feminist anti-nuclear politics of Greenham Common in the 1980s. The critical, theoretical question of how to understand social change has always been at the heart of Sasha’s work, and this runs through the interview as a central thread of the discussion, as does the exploration of the relationship between sociology and other fields, particularly feminism, psychoanalysis and psychosocial studies. The dialogue between Sasha and Katherine explores the unfolding of Sasha’s research interests over time, and the role played by collaborations and encounters at key moments with the work of others that opened up new ways of thinking and lines of inquiry in studying contemporary personal life, and set her on the path to train as a group analyst, alongside her work as a sociologist.
Adrian Sinfield, Alan Walker, and Carol Walker
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847427151
- eISBN:
- 9781447302353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847427151.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
This chapter details the personal and professional life of Peter Townsend who is regarded as one of the 20th-century's great champions of social justice. It notes that Peter dedicated his ...
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This chapter details the personal and professional life of Peter Townsend who is regarded as one of the 20th-century's great champions of social justice. It notes that Peter dedicated his professional life to fighting poverty, inequality and injustice. It emphasises that this book stands as a tribute to that legacy, in partnership with the Peter Townsend reader (Walker et al, 2010). It further notes that it is unusual for academics to span other fields, as Peter did in campaigning and politics, but to contribute seminal texts to so many diverse aspects of social policy with regard to ageing, disability, poverty, health inequalities, human rights and international social policy is unheard of. It reviews Peter's scientific and campaigning biography, in order to provide background to the ones that follow as well as some historical context for those encountering Peter's work for the first time.Less
This chapter details the personal and professional life of Peter Townsend who is regarded as one of the 20th-century's great champions of social justice. It notes that Peter dedicated his professional life to fighting poverty, inequality and injustice. It emphasises that this book stands as a tribute to that legacy, in partnership with the Peter Townsend reader (Walker et al, 2010). It further notes that it is unusual for academics to span other fields, as Peter did in campaigning and politics, but to contribute seminal texts to so many diverse aspects of social policy with regard to ageing, disability, poverty, health inequalities, human rights and international social policy is unheard of. It reviews Peter's scientific and campaigning biography, in order to provide background to the ones that follow as well as some historical context for those encountering Peter's work for the first time.
