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Illness, Crisis, & Loss

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ISSN (Print) 1054-1373 - ISSN (Online) 1552-6968
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Reviews
- Abstract: Reviews
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Book Review
  Pages 83-89
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.j
  
  Authors
  Richard B. Gilbert, PhD, CT, Reviews Editor
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  Online ISSN 1552-6968
  Print ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:47:18 GMT
Even in My Deepest Sorrow, the Promise of Tomorrow Still Burns
- Abstract: Even in My Deepest Sorrow, the Promise of Tomorrow Still Burns
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Voices
  Pages 77-81
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.i
  
  Authors
  Bonnie Nish, Pandora's Collective Outreach Society
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  Online ISSN 1552-6968
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  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:47:05 GMT
2012 International Conference on Death, Grief and Bereavement: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
- Abstract: 2012 International Conference on Death, Grief and Bereavement: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Commentaries
  Pages 73-74
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.g
  
  Authors
  Sue Thompson, Avenue Consulting Ltd., Wales, UK
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
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  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
Liaison Officer for International Medical Graduates: Research Findings from Australia
- Abstract: There is an increasing international movement of physicians, with substantial numbers of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) now seeking jobs outside the countries in which they were educated. For IMGs there are potential elements of crisis and loss associated with this transition. This article presents findings from Australian-based research which explores the IMGs' experience during entry to their chosen country and posits the need for a designated liaison officer to help support the transition. The research was based on thirty open-ended, qualitative interviews which were coded and thematically analyzed. The findings document factors associated with the decision to leave their country of origin, psycho-social aspects of stress experienced upon arrival in Australia, and the participants' perspective on the suggestion for the appointment of a hospital-based liaison officer to assist IMGs during the transition process.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 15-28
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.c
  
  Authors
  Pam McGrath, B.Soc. Wk., MA., Ph.D., Griffith University, Queensland
  David Henderson, MB.BS FRACP MBA, Griffith University, Queensland
  Hamish A. Holewa, B. Sc., B Ed., GradDip HEcon, Central Queensland University, Brisbane
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  Online ISSN 1552-6968
  Print ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
I'm Not the Man I Was: Reflections on Becoming a Widower
- Abstract: The death of one's wife plunges the surviving husband into confusing, terrifying, isolating and heart rending feelings and experiences as he tries to make sense of something that makes no sense. The experience raises questions about the relationship between loss and grief; emerging meanings and transitions in identity. This author reflects on his own experience of being widowed and shares some of the insights of others he has worked with in grief support programs. This article focuses on the intertwined questions of profound loss, the search for meaning and the impact of that search on the reshaping of identities.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 3-13
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.b
  
  Authors
  Robert Howell
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
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  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
The Yuma Territorial Prison Cemetery: Cold Cases of Grave Importance
- Abstract: Cemeteries, via grave markers and burial records, usually offer sufficiently scant data to enable a reconstruction of the communities they represent, but cemeteries of total institutions, here, the Yuma Territorial Prison, often yield even less data. With only the variables of ethincity, sex, prisoner number, date of death, and cause of death, prison conditions were reconstructed for the 111 who died during the prison's operation (1876-1909), and likely for the other 2,958 who were incarcerated there. First, prisoner number had a high, positive correlation with year of death, indicating that those who died in prison did not live long after incarceration. Further investigation found statistical dependence between the ethnicity of the prisoner and cause (and thus, manner) of death, with tuberculosis disproportionately effecting Hispanics and Native Americans, perhaps suggesting segragation by ethnicity. Hispanics were the only ones shot and killed attempting escape, though numerous escapes were attempted. Also statistically dependent was the decade of death by ethnicity, perhaps reflecting some ethnic sequence of incarceration. Finally, cause and manner of death, over time, were also dependent, likely reflecting deteriorating prison conditions. That so few variables can reveal so much refutes the adage that dead men tell no tales.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 29-48
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.d
  
  Authors
  Gary S. Foster, Eastern Illinois University
  Michael D. Gillespie, Eastern Illinois University
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  Online ISSN 1552-6968
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  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
Attitudes Towards Bearing the Cost of Care in Later Life across the World
- Abstract: The aging population is recognized by many as a unique global phenomenon and has become a subject of interest among multidisciplinary professionals. Perhaps one of the most common key concerns among individuals and family members in many countries today is to meet the increasing demand for elderly healthcare, particularly the real challenges and crisis in old age morbidity and health. As the socioeconomic, demographic and cultural context of populations
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 49-69
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.e
  
  Authors
  Hafiz T. A. Khan, PhD+, Middlesex University, London
  George W. Leeson, PhD, University of Oxford
  Helen Findlay, MSC, Sir William Beveridge Foundation, London
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  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
Commentaries
- Abstract: Commentaries
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 71-71
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.f
  
  Authors
  Jason L. Powell, Editor
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  Online ISSN 1552-6968
  Print ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
Voices
- Abstract: Voices
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 75-75
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.h
  
  Authors
  Irene Renzenbrink, Editor
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  Online ISSN 1552-6968
  Print ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
Editorial
- Abstract: Editorial
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 1-2
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.21.1.a
  
  Authors
  Jason L. Powell, Editor
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  Online ISSN 1552-6968
  Print ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 21
  Journal Issue Volume 21, Number 1 / 2013
  PubDate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:55 GMT
Index—Contents of Volume 20, 2012
- Abstract: Index—Contents of Volume 20, 2012
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 417-418
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.l
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  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:07:40 GMT
Reviews
- Abstract: Reviews
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Book Review
  Pages 407-416
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.k
  
  Authors
  Reviews Editor Richard B. Gilbert, PhD, CT
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:07:01 GMT
A Sudoku Led Recovery
- Abstract: A Sudoku Led Recovery
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Voices
  Pages 403-406
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.j
  
  Authors
  Irene Renzebrink, International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement Irene
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  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:54 GMT
A Letter to My Father
- Abstract: A Letter to My Father
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Voices
  Pages 399-402
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.i
  
  Authors
  Kath Morris
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:52 GMT
Voices
- Abstract: Voices
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 397-397
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.h
  
  Authors
  Irene Renzenbrink, Editor, Voices
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:48 GMT
The (Half) Truth about Grief
- Abstract: The recent critique of the bereavement field offered by author Ruth Davis Konigsberg takes grief theorists and researchers to task for perpetuating self-serving stage-based models of mourning that ignore the resilience of most bereaved people, while promulgating a form of grief counseling that is neither necessary nor effective. In this commentary I underscore the truth embedded in her analysis, but also the half-truths that result from its simplification and neglect of broader considerations.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Category Commentaries
  Pages 389-395
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.g
  
  Authors
  Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph. D., University of Memphis, Tennessee
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:43 GMT
Commentaries
- Abstract: Commentaries
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 387-388
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.f
  
  Authors
  Michael Brennan, Commentaries Editor
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:34 GMT
Interdisciplinary Education in Palliative Care: A Bold Strategy, Solution and Political Statement
- Abstract: Harsh experience reveals that preparing the interdisciplinary palliative care team members cannot be accomplished by sequestering students in single-discipline training. By combining different ways of knowing and being that are the underlying tenets of interdisciplinary education, we must—by design, curriculum, teaching strategies, and research—reflect the nature and practice of the interdisciplinary palliative care team. This kind of education is an imperative if we are going to meet our own goals to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual care to people at end-of-life. As educators, we must take to heart the responsibility to prepare students with the skills to apply their knowledge within the context of the palliative care setting, as practiced by the interdisciplinary team. This position is supported in the literature, is recommended by Health Canada, and is affirmed by experience in the field.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 375-386
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.e
  
  Authors
  Susan Breiddal, BSW, MTP, Ph.D. Candidate, Registered Clinical Counsellor
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:23 GMT
Depictions of Husbands in Miscarriage Accounts
- Abstract: Little research has employed social support literature to investigate the support needs of women coping with the loss of a child—or the potential of partners to fulfill those needs. The researchers gathered miscarriage narratives through interviews with 24 women and analyzed the depictions of supportive and unsupportive responses from husbands. Narrators perceived partners either as ideal support sources or as clueless to enact support.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 363-373
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.d
  
  Authors
  Jennifer L. Fairchild, Ph.D., Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
  Michael Irvin Arrington, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington
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  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:05:57 GMT
The Existential Meaning of Couples' Long-Term Experience of Living with Stroke
- Abstract: This study employs Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology to uncover the existential meaning of couples' long-term experiences of living with stroke. Transcripts of 23 interviews with stroke survivors and 17 interviews with spouses focusing on the couple perspective were analyzed. The five emerging themes and the constitutive pattern illuminate the existential meaning of stroke and include fear, hope, unfamiliarity, temporality, and reinterpretation of the life-world. The constitutive pattern indicates that life after stroke is characterized by the struggle to adapt to an abruptly twisted and unfamiliar being-in-the-world. Changes in couples' interpretations of their life-world seem to be connected with different interpretations of time and an increased view of life as limited. Health professionals with an empathic understanding of the existential meaning of stroke may better facilitate the reinterpretation of couples' actual life-world. Stroke couples' life-restricting fears of living, dying, and caregiving should be explored further.
  Content Type Journal Article
  Pages 339-362
  
  DOI 10.2190/IL.20.4.c
  
  Authors
  Gabriele Kitzmüller, Narvik University College, Norway and University of Tromsø, Norway
  Terttu Häggström, Narvik University College, Norway
  Kenneth Asplund, University of Mid-Sweden, Sundsvall and University of Tromsø, Norway
  Fredricka L. Gilje, Montana State University-Bozeman College of Nursing, Billings
  Journal Illness, Crisis, & Loss
  
  Online ISSN 1054-1373
  Journal Volume Volume 20
  Journal Issue Volume 20, Number 4 / 2012
  PubDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:05:49 GMT