Meaning in Suffering: Caring Practices in the Health Professions

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abandonment, 25, 199 abide, 130; abiding, 112, 115, 124 ability, 24, 251 absence, 14, 117, 125 abyss, 112 acceptable: disabilities, 24; meaning, 111; perspective, 166; understanding, 131 acceptance, 79, 136; accepting, 265 accompaniment, 121, 125, 127, 133, 134 acknowledgement, 92, 246 act, 16, 117, 133, 135, 169, 179, 174, 254, 256; acts, 104, 122, 126, 268 action: and coherence, 93; and maturity, 80; and moral obligation, 282; and moral space, 245; and motivation, 93; and phenomenology , 180; and relational ethics, 244; and understanding, 115, 195 advance directives, 159 adversity, 53, 98; approaches to understanding , 102; phenomenology of, 109–130 afterlife, 164–167 agency, 26–30, 106 Albom, M., 151, 170, 182 Albrecht, G. L., 22, 55 alienation, 67, 68, 78, 109, 112, 130, 190 alone, 133, 163, 173, 204, 215 alternative therapy, 51, 224–225 ambiguity, 26, 212 Anderson, J. M., 238, 272 androgyny, 30, 41 anger, 24, 25, 39, 130, 157, 187, 201, 205, 260; at healthcare provider, 158–159 angst, 113–114 anguish, 101, 133, 250, 260 anthropological narrative theory, 146 anxiety, 34, 114, 131; of children, 186, 187, 202, 203, 205; of nurses, 258 apathy, 78, 202 Apple, R. D., 58 appreciation, 108 aptitude, 126. See also disponibilité Arendt, H., 21, 54 Ariès, P., 162, 182 Armstrong, K., 76, 84, 93, 95 Arnold, J. H., 205, 228 art, and artwork, 29, 188, 206, 211, 212, 228; celebrates play, 43; and expression, 211; and healthcare professionals, 226; as language , 191; and openness, 190 Arther, H. M., 73, 95 assault, 114, 131 Atkinson, R., 53, 54, 55 attachment: end sought, 262; letting go, or liberating oneself from, 74; negative emotions, 74 attitudes, 80, 86, 90 attunement, 105, 254 Atwood, G., 105, 143 authentic: being, 75, 114, 118; care, 249; caring , 244; engagement, 112; expression, 253; support, 265 authenticity, 113, 240, 241, 250 autobiography, 11, 15, 107; autobiographical account, 98 autonomy, 102 availability, 76, 126; and unavailability of healthcare professionals, 132 awakening, 117 awareness, 74, 79, 124 Bachelard, G., 17, 55 Baisch, M. J., 107, 143 Baker, C., 139, 140 Baker, J. E., 151, 184 279 Index 280 Index balance, 204, 210 Bandshaft, B., 143 Banhart, R., 259, 272 banished, 113 Barnard, D., 151, 182 Bateson, M. C., 11, 30, 41, 55 Baylor College of Medicine, 54, 55 bearing: pain and distress, 20; witness, 125, 127. See also witnessing beauty, 138, 240 Beauvoir, S. de, 151, 163, 167, 175, 182 Becker, G., 150, 151, 174, 182 becoming, 75, 87, 91, 117, 134; and dying children, 186, 215, 216; and play, 199 befriending, 133, 134, 137 Beim, G., 151, 182 being, 104, 117, 122, 123, 124, 219; being with one another, 221–224; essence of, 221 being-toward-death,186,190,203,206,219 belief, 50, 165, 166, 187, 205, 219, 234, 235, 236 Bellah, R., 28, 55 belong, 268; belonging, 78, 128, 130, 133, 208 Bender, S., 20, 45, 55 Benner, P., 189, 192, 228, 275 Bennett, M. J., 27, 28, 58 Benson, H., 201, 228 Benso, S. H., 133, 140 Bentley-Mays, J., 107, 140 bereavement, 101, 225 Berger, L., 215, 228 Bergum, V., 72, 244, 245, 246, 248, 270 Bernstein, R. J., 193, 195, 228 Bikaunieks, L., 71, 95 Birren, J. E., 184 Bjork, M., 208, 228 Black, H. K., 61, 95 Blech, B., 80, 95 Bluebond-Langner, M., 186, 188, 207, 219, 228 Bodhisattva, 79, 85 body: betrays and disfigures, 168; as dwelling place, 17; as enemy, 167; as lived experience , 245; physical, 167–169; and polymyositis , 17–19; as sacred and holy, 168; social, 20; as subject and object, 66 body image, 195, 98, 202, 207 Bolin, R. C., 164, 165, 183 Book of Common Prayer, 12, 55 Booth, W. C., 153, 182 Borgmann, A., 268, 272 Borland, K., 9, 55 Borneman, T., 262, 272 Boston, P., 151, 182 boundary, 66, 77, 253 Bowlby, J., 204, 207, 228 Boykin, A., 56 Brandshaft, B., 143 Brazelton, T. B., 207, 228 breakdown, 130, 146 breakthrough, 176 Brock, D., 253, 272 Brown, G. W., 136, 141 Brown-Saltzman, K., 262, 272 Bruner, J., 145, 154, 182 Bruyn, S., 238, 273 Bryson, K., 259, 262, 263, 273 Buber, M., 29, 55 Buddhism, 12, 16, 74, 83, 84, 88; meditation practices, 77, 78, 79 burden, 39, 40, 71, 82, 99, 201, 204, 224, 246, 269 Buttrick, G. A., 182, 183 Byock, I. R., 60, 61, 64, 95, 151, 171, 182 Cairns, H., 82, 95 call: to abide, 130; to adventure, 152; to bear witness, 125; to Being, 91; to...