Deidre Scherer

Deidre Scherer
Author: Deidre Scherer
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Aged in art
ISBN: 9781571200440

Unique truly describes Deidre Scherer's extraordinarily realistic three-dimensional fabric-and-thread portraits honoring elderly women and men, images that have been admired by legions of fans in museums and in reproductions, most notably on the cover of the bestseller WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE. Now, readers can see the actual working process that produces Scherer's stunning art. 150 color and b&w illustrations.

Threads of Experience

Threads of Experience
Author: Sandra Martz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1996
Genre: Aged
ISBN:

This beautiful collector's gift edition is a premier collaboration between Sandra Martz, editor of When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple and If I Had My Life to Live Over I Would Pick More Daisies, and Denise Scherer, internationally acclaimed fabric artist, whose exquisite images appear in the aforementioned books. The contributing authors represent a wide spectrum of those whose works have appeared in previous Papier-Mache anthologies.

Transforming the Culture of Dying

Transforming the Culture of Dying
Author: David Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199325693

Over a period of almost 10 years, the work of the Project on Death in America (PDIA) played a formative role in the advancement of end of life care in the United States. The project concerned itself with adults and children, and with interests crossing boundaries between the clinical disciplines, the social sciences, arts and humanities. PDIA engaged with the problems of resources in poor communities and marginalized groups and settings, and it attempted to foster collaboration across a range of sectors and organizations. Authored by medical sociologist David Clark, whose research career has focused on mapping, archiving and analyzing the history and development of hospice, palliative care and related end of life issues, this book examines the broad, ambitious conception of PDIA - which sought to 'transform the culture of dying in America' - and assesses PDIA's contribution to the development of the palliative care field and to wider debates about end of life care within American society. Chapters consider key issues and topics tackled by PDIA grantees which include: explorations of the meanings of death in contemporary American culture; the varying experiences of care at the end of life (in different settings, among different social and ethnic groups); the innovations in service development and clinical practice that have occurred in the US in response to a growing awareness of and debate about end of life issues; the emerging evidence base for palliative and end of life care in the US; the maturation of a field of academic and clinical specialization; the policy and legal issues that have shaped development, including the ethical debate about assisted suicide and the Oregon experience; the opportunities and barriers that have been encountered; and the prospects for future development. A final chapter captures developments and milestones in the field since PDIA closed in 2003, and some of the challenges going forward.

Masters

Masters
Author: Martha Sielman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2008
Genre: Art quilts
ISBN: 9781600591075

A pictorial showcase of the work of 40 contemporary art quilt masters from around the world. Up to a dozen quilts by each artist are shown, along with commentary by each artist.

Values at the End of Life

Values at the End of Life
Author: Roi Livne
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2019-06-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0674239873

This insightful study examines the deeply personal and heart-wrenching tensions among financial considerations, emotional attachments, and moral arguments that motivate end-of-life decisions. America’s health care system was built on the principle that life should be prolonged whenever possible, regardless of the costs. This commitment has often meant that patients spend their last days suffering from heroic interventions that extend their life by only weeks or months. Increasingly, this approach to end-of-life care is coming under scrutiny, from a moral as well as a financial perspective. Sociologist Roi Livne documents the rise and effectiveness of hospice and palliative care, and growing acceptance of the idea that a life consumed by suffering may not be worth living. Values at the End of Life combines an in-depth historical analysis with an extensive study conducted in three hospitals, where Livne observed terminally ill patients, their families, and caregivers negotiating treatment. Livne describes the ambivalent, conflicted moments when people articulate and act on their moral intuitions about dying. Interviews with medical staff allowed him to isolate the strategies clinicians use to help families understand their options. As Livne discovered, clinicians are advancing the idea that invasive, expensive hospital procedures often compound a patient’s suffering. Affluent, educated families were more readily persuaded by this moral calculus than those of less means. Once defiant of death—or even in denial—many American families and professionals in the health care system are beginning to embrace the notion that less treatment in the end may be better treatment.

Queer Forster

Queer Forster
Author: Robert K. Martin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1997-11-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780226508016

This groundbreaking volume presents a radical revision of gay criticism and focuses on E. M. Forster's place in the emerging field of queer studies. Many previous critics of Forster downplayed his homosexuality or read Forster naively in terms of gay liberation. This collection situates Forster within the Bloomsbury Group and examines his relations to major figures such as Henry James, Edward Carpenter, and Virginia Woolf. Particular attention is paid to Forster's several accounts of India and their troubled relation to the British colonial enterprise. Analyzing a wide range of Forster's work, the authors examine material from Forster's undergraduate writings to stories written more than a half-century later. A landmark book for the study of gender in literature, Queer Forster brings the terms "queer" and "gay" into conversation, opening up a dialogue on wider dimensions of theory and allowing a major revaluation of modernist inventions of sexual identity.

Raise the Banners High!

Raise the Banners High!
Author: Pamela T. Hardiman
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568543680

A practical guide to help you create beautiful and expressive processional banners for use in the liturgy, Sunday by Sunday, throughout the seasons of the church's year. Also includes guidance on using banners in the celebrations of baptism, confirmation, first communion, marriage and ordination, as well as on other special occasions in the life of the congregation.

Designing the Doll

Designing the Doll
Author: Susanna Oroyan
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1999
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781571200600

From concept to construction.

Women and Aging

Women and Aging
Author: Jo Alexander
Publisher: CALYX Books
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1986
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780934971003

First and best anthology to address ageism from a feminist perspective

Celebrate the Tradition with C & T Publishing

Celebrate the Tradition with C & T Publishing
Author: Liz Aneloski
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781571202154

In honour of C&T Publishing's 20th anniversary, the world's best quilt designers, fibre artists and quilting teachers, all C&T authors, have designed quilt blocks for you, plus share their favourite tips and stories from years of experience in this wonderful industry.