A Protestant legacy : attitudes to death and illness among older Aberdonians

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    • Williams, Rory

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A Protestant legacy : attitudes to death and illness among older Aberdonians

Rory Williams

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1990

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-359) and index

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内容説明

As people in the West live longer, so more and more of them have to learn to cope with illness or with ageing and, in the process, to rediscover ways of facing their own death and that of others. We need to understand more clearly the resources which individuals and communities draw on at such times. This study takes as its focus members of the older generation in Aberdeen who were brought up in a strong Protestant tradition. Working from the conviction that the way people deal with illness is deeply affected by their own experience and view of the world, Dr Williams builds up a picture from detailed interviews and case studies. He explores the way in which Aberdonians face illness and death, how they draw on themes from their working history and religious background, and how they balance the pressures of physical decline with the expectations of society. This study shows how economic history and religious tradition can combine to shape the life and thought of a community. It will be read by anyone wishing a deeper understanding of the way in which people respond in Britain today when they encounter the physical limits to their lives.

目次

  • Part 1 Illness: concepts of health in Aberdeen
  • prevention through normal living
  • explaining restrictions on activity
  • coping with restriction
  • themes and dilemmas. Part 2 Old age: concepts of age in Aberdeen
  • the inter-war generation
  • stages of ageing
  • prescriptions for ageing
  • themes and dilemmas. Part 3 Dying: natural death and prepared death in Aberdeen
  • good and bad ways of dying
  • controlling the time of death
  • knowing the truth
  • themes and dilemmas. Part 4 Bereavement: mourning in Aberdeen
  • the situation of the death
  • the situation of the bereaved
  • themes and dilemmas. Part 5 The doctor: deciding to consult in Aberdeen
  • compliance and autonomy
  • themes and dilemmas. Part 6 Moral persuasion and physical experience: public opinion in Aberdeen
  • sustaining views of illness over time
  • stability of attitudes on their own
  • behaviour in the abscence of events
  • intrusive events. Part 7 Work: conception of work in Aberdeen
  • the work ethic and beliefs about health and ageing
  • resistance to the work ethic and beliefs about health. Part 8 Wealth: social class in Aberdeen
  • social class and views of health
  • social class and attitudes to the doctor
  • social class and views of ageing. Part 9 Religion: church membership in Aberdeen
  • world views
  • self-conceptions
  • the relevance of religious assumptions
  • religions and ideas about health and ageing
  • religion and ideas about death.

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