Actively Dying: The Creation of Muslim Identities through End-of-Life Care in the United States

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Cortney Hughes Rinker

Actively Dying

The Creation of Muslim Identities through End-of-Life Care in the United States

Cortney Hughes Rinker

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Routledge
30 December 2020

Regional studies; Personal & public health; Medical sociology; Palliative medicine; Health & Self-Help

Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology

"This book explores the experiences of Muslims in the United States as they interact with the health care system during serious illness and end-of-life care.

It shifts ""actively dying"" from a medical phrase used to describe patients who are expected to pass away soon or who exhibit signs of impending death, to a theoretical framework to analyze how end-of-life care, particularly within a hospital, shapes the ways that patients, families, and providers understand Islam and think of themselves as Muslim. Using the dying body as the main object of analysis, the volume shows that religious identities of Muslim patients, loved ones, and caregivers are not only created when living, but also through the physical process of dying and through death.

Based on ethnographic and qualitative research carried out mainly in the Washington, D.C. region, this volume will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, sociology, public health, gerontology, and religious studies."

By: Cortney Hughes Rinker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367459437
ISBN 10: 0367459434
Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 30 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction Actively Dying: A Medical Phrase and a Framework for Analyzing End-of-Life Care and Muslim Identities; PART I; 1. Death and Dying within the US Health Care System; 2. Islam and End-of-Life Care: Prevalent Approaches and Beliefs; PART II; 3. Muslim Health Care Providers: The Intersection of Medical Practice and Religion; 4. The Muslim Child: Adult Children Caring for Dying Parents; 5. Death: The Dead Muslim Body and Connections to Identity; Conclusion The Important Case of ""a Bus"": A Critique and Intervention"

Cortney Hughes Rinker is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Director of Global Affairs at George Mason University. She is the author of Islam, Development, and Urban Women’s Reproductive Practices and co-editor of Applied Anthropology: Unexpected Spaces, Topics, and Methods.