TY - BOOK AU - The,Anne-Mei TI - In death's waiting room: living and dying with dementia in a multicultural society T2 - Care & welfare SN - 6611284230 AV - RC521 .T45 2008eb U1 - 362.19683 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Dementia KW - Patients KW - Care KW - Netherlands KW - Multiculturalism KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Anthropology, Cultural KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Anthropology KW - Brain Diseases KW - Central Nervous System Diseases KW - Cultural Diversity KW - Culture KW - Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Disease KW - Diseases KW - Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Health Care KW - Health Services KW - Mental Disorders KW - Nervous System Diseases KW - Neurocognitive Disorders KW - Patient Care KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Social Sciences KW - Sociology KW - Therapeutics KW - fast KW - HEALTH & FITNESS KW - Alzheimer's & Dementia KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Comparative Politics KW - Politics and government KW - bicssc KW - Society and culture: general KW - Society and social sciences KW - Sociology and anthropology KW - nursing KW - Culture and institutions KW - Public administration KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 203); pt. 1. Park House -- pt. 2. The Blauwbörgje case; Part I; Park House; Life in Park House --; Mrs Van Dam Dies --; The Family --; Eating Problems --; Staff Vicissitudes --; Mrs Scharloo Doesn't Want To Go On --; Daily Care --; Everyday Life --; Inadequate Care --; Versterven --; Wanting to Die --; Rough Treatment --; Reorganisation and Black Magic --; Leontien and Mrs Grasberg --; Strong Women, Loafing Men --; Limited Labour Market --; The Big Problem --; The Coup and the Death of Mrs Driessen --; Part II; The Blauwbörgje Case The Nursing Home Doctor's Husband --; The Ex-wife --; The Nursing Home Doctor --; The Colleague of the Nursing Home Doctor --; The Daughter --; The Managers --; The Internist --; The Head Nurse --; The Journalist --; Mr Bruggeling --; The Doctors at De Merenberg --; The Researcher --; How It All Ended N2 - "In Death's Waiting Room is a penetrating story about people suffering from dementia in a multi-cultural society, relevant to us all. Anne-Mei The carried out two years of ethnographic research in a nursing home in the Netherlands revealing what usually remains hidden from the public: the decision to stop treatment, the cultural and social gap between the Dutch occupants and the black Caribbean nursing staff, the communication problems with relatives, the tensions and aggression. But she also shares with us the touching and funny moments and experiences with the elderly occupants. This book also unravels "the Blauwborgje case"--Which was the focus of much media attention in the Netherlands in the late 1990s - in which a nursing home refused to re-hydrate a man with extreme dementia because they considered his condition to be terminal, whilst his family disagreed and pressed charges for attempted murder. Anne-Mei The gives an account of the events that took place and also explores the wider relevance of the case"--Publisher's description UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt46n1rh ER -