Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1977.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1977.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1988.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-120).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1975.

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-52).

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2007. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1441420. ProQuest document ID: 1299824331. Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-69.

The hospices attempted to offer a way of dying with dignity which would counter the growing lobby for euthenasia legislation by taking account of 'total pain' (mental, social, spiritual, physical). Participation on an NHS/Macmillan Continuing Care Unit indicated that the nurses were committed to giving 'total patient care', but were conscious of their inability to fulfil their principles. They explained their care of the dying in terms of a tension between 'care' and 'work'. The practical outcome of the tension on the terminal care unit is analysed as 'carework'. This emergent nursing practice, where physical care tends to overshadow 'emotional care', is observed in the routines and rituals of the Unit, of which 'normal death' is one example. The two separate social frameworks of 'care' and 'work' reflect a gender division of labour in which 'caring' is commonly domestically based and carried out by women, and 'work' is in the public domain and dominated by men. Public service 'people work' requires that the two frameworks be amalgamated. The tension between 'care' and 'work' is described as a failure of accommodation between the two which is exacerbated by a science based model of illness. It is suggested that these effects combine in a pattern of resistance which opposes the full implementation of hospice movement aims.

D.Ed. / The goal of this research was to generate and describe an acquiescent approach for the educational psychologist to utilise with a family with a terminally ill child. It appears that family units with a terminally ill child have a tendency to withdraw and this isolation leads to problems in mental health. Their mental health is, amongst others, characterised by anger, frustration, unrest and depression. A tendency with psychologists, clergy and helpers from other professions is to act as ideal experts on the lives of saddened people. From painful personal experience this does not seem to enable acquiescence. In their efforts to provide consultation to the grief stricken families, these professionals often overlook the family's real needs and forge their own views upon them. In this way they only further damage their mental condition. This led me to ask the following questions: • What does the world of the family with a terminally ill child comprise of? • Which approach could be described in order to lead the family with a terminally ill child to acquiescence? A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was followed. v The research was conducted in two phases as follows : The experiences of four families with terminally ill children were explored and described in phase one. This was done using phenomenological, unstructured, in-depth interviews. In phase two, a description for educational psychologists for families with a terminally ill child was done, which is based on the results from phase one. After data was gathered in phase one, I came to the conclusion that the family with a terminally ill child goes through a painful process which could last for years. As they go through the process they gain insight into certain life-skills. The aim of the support was then to facilitate a context for the family with a terminally ill child in order for them to internalise these lifeskills. The central statement of this research was thus supported and can be read as follows: An understanding of the world of the family with a terminally ill child will provide the educational psychologist with the data to describe a acquiescent approach.