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- Mere "come on, amuse me" 1975
Why you so quiet?
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Why you so quiet?
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i was bored all day but i did not have much to say so, there you have it.
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Re: Why you so quiet?
This paper seeks, first, to discover what Gnosticism is, and to demonstrate by way of its likeliest origins, its antecedence to Christianity. As antecedent to Christian orthodoxy, and therefore distinct from it, it will then be shown that rather than being the result of an early Christian schism, Gnosticism developed parallel to Christianity before becoming syncretic to it, and that its eventual categorization as a Christian heresy is therefore not adequately supported by historical evidence, nor by the definitions of the terms in question, namely schism, heresy, and religion. As sources contemporary to these developments, Tertullian, Valentinus, and the Apostles Paul and Luke, as well as Plato, Lao Tzu, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Marcion to lesser degrees have been considered and consulted. Secondary sources by Stephan A. Hoeller, Elaine Pagels, Karen Armstrong, Thomas Merton, Roland Herbert Bainton, essays and lecture notes by Dr. L. J. Andrew Villalon, and The Catholic Encyclopedia at newadvent.org have been consulted, as well.Why you so quiet?
"Mere 'I prefer my friends to stay in my computer' 1975"
i can play that game too (the introductary statement to my proposal)....
Discourses of Hope, Death and Denial in Hospital Based Palliative Care
Advances in biomedical knowledge and technology have served to create a sense of possibility in American hospitals that death can be indefinitely postponed through the application of science and technological interventions (Kaufman 2005). As a result, patients, families, and practitioners often approach hospitalization for those with life-threatening conditions hoping for a positive outcome. But what happens when curative treatments are exhausted and the patient is left facing the possibly or probability of death? Palliative care, a multidisciplinary plan of care designed to ease the suffering of patients who are facing a painful sickness or who are near the end-of-life, is one way that biomedicine addresses this dilemma (Blank et al 2007). Palliative care has become a subject of international human rights discussions, drawing the attention of the World Health Organization, Pope Benedict XVI, as well as several national and multinational committees on health (Brennan 2007). For the first time, in 2008, physicians in the United States will be able to become board certified in hospice and palliative care (Kuehn 2007). This “switch from curative to palliative activity, however, is often fraught with conflict because the core purpose of hospital medical care is to maintain life” (Kaufman 2005:29). When biomedicine cannot fulfill a curative goal, patients must contend with the contradiction between the culturally shaped expectation of an optimal outcome and the loss of hope (Becker 1997).
This research seeks to examine the role of palliative care in construction of expectations in the face of potential death through the investigation of how patients, their networks, and biomedical clinicians negotiate discourses on critical illness and death in a Dallas, Texas hospital. Specifically, this research is designed to identify how the biomedical discourses on death are mediated by both hope and denial. Hope, defined as a positive expectation for the future, and denial, defined as an expectation that contradicts biomedical opinion, are both subjective, social constructed, fluid constructs which stem from uncertainty and anxiety about the future (Becker 1997; Bovens 1999; Lin et al 2003; Little and Sayers 2004; Telford et al 2006; Scioli 2007). In the event of life-threatening illness, both patients and their physicians may need to renegotiate hopes for the future, and potentially alter the course of health care from curative to palliative. The objective of this research is to critically analyze the aspects of the process through which hospitalized patients and their decision making networks come to accept, modify or reject the palliative discourses on dying. Building on existing research on end-of-life issues in American hospitals (Kaufman 2005) as well as research on the narrative construction of hope in cases of chronic illness and disability (Good et al. 1990; Becker 1997; Boven, 1999; Nekolaichuk 1999; Ezzy 2000; Little 2004; Eliott 2007; Scioli 2007), this research will add new dimensions to the analysis of how expectations are generated. Specifically, the study will investigate how expectations such as hope evolve over time within the structure of biomedical hospitalization and the role of denial both as a means of resistance and an alternate route to hope for patients. This will allow for a critical interpretive analysis of individual and institutionalized discourses on hope, death, and denial within the context of a biomedicine institution through the description of practices and broader structures influencing the cultural construction of knowledge and meanings (Lock and Scheper-Hughes 1996; Becker 1997).
Discourses of Hope, Death and Denial in Hospital Based Palliative Care
Advances in biomedical knowledge and technology have served to create a sense of possibility in American hospitals that death can be indefinitely postponed through the application of science and technological interventions (Kaufman 2005). As a result, patients, families, and practitioners often approach hospitalization for those with life-threatening conditions hoping for a positive outcome. But what happens when curative treatments are exhausted and the patient is left facing the possibly or probability of death? Palliative care, a multidisciplinary plan of care designed to ease the suffering of patients who are facing a painful sickness or who are near the end-of-life, is one way that biomedicine addresses this dilemma (Blank et al 2007). Palliative care has become a subject of international human rights discussions, drawing the attention of the World Health Organization, Pope Benedict XVI, as well as several national and multinational committees on health (Brennan 2007). For the first time, in 2008, physicians in the United States will be able to become board certified in hospice and palliative care (Kuehn 2007). This “switch from curative to palliative activity, however, is often fraught with conflict because the core purpose of hospital medical care is to maintain life” (Kaufman 2005:29). When biomedicine cannot fulfill a curative goal, patients must contend with the contradiction between the culturally shaped expectation of an optimal outcome and the loss of hope (Becker 1997).
This research seeks to examine the role of palliative care in construction of expectations in the face of potential death through the investigation of how patients, their networks, and biomedical clinicians negotiate discourses on critical illness and death in a Dallas, Texas hospital. Specifically, this research is designed to identify how the biomedical discourses on death are mediated by both hope and denial. Hope, defined as a positive expectation for the future, and denial, defined as an expectation that contradicts biomedical opinion, are both subjective, social constructed, fluid constructs which stem from uncertainty and anxiety about the future (Becker 1997; Bovens 1999; Lin et al 2003; Little and Sayers 2004; Telford et al 2006; Scioli 2007). In the event of life-threatening illness, both patients and their physicians may need to renegotiate hopes for the future, and potentially alter the course of health care from curative to palliative. The objective of this research is to critically analyze the aspects of the process through which hospitalized patients and their decision making networks come to accept, modify or reject the palliative discourses on dying. Building on existing research on end-of-life issues in American hospitals (Kaufman 2005) as well as research on the narrative construction of hope in cases of chronic illness and disability (Good et al. 1990; Becker 1997; Boven, 1999; Nekolaichuk 1999; Ezzy 2000; Little 2004; Eliott 2007; Scioli 2007), this research will add new dimensions to the analysis of how expectations are generated. Specifically, the study will investigate how expectations such as hope evolve over time within the structure of biomedical hospitalization and the role of denial both as a means of resistance and an alternate route to hope for patients. This will allow for a critical interpretive analysis of individual and institutionalized discourses on hope, death, and denial within the context of a biomedicine institution through the description of practices and broader structures influencing the cultural construction of knowledge and meanings (Lock and Scheper-Hughes 1996; Becker 1997).
"Hope is for sissies"-House
Mere "hope deserves money" 1975
Mere "hope deserves money" 1975
Bitchin.i can play that game too (the introductary statement to my proposal)....
Discourses of Hope, Death and Denial in Hospital Based Palliative Care
Advances in biomedical knowledge and technology have served to create a sense of possibility in American hospitals that death can be indefinitely postponed through the application of science and technological interventions (Kaufman 2005). As a result, patients, families, and practitioners often approach hospitalization for those with life-threatening conditions hoping for a positive outcome. But what happens when curative treatments are exhausted and the patient is left facing the possibly or probability of death? Palliative care, a multidisciplinary plan of care designed to ease the suffering of patients who are facing a painful sickness or who are near the end-of-life, is one way that biomedicine addresses this dilemma (Blank et al 2007). Palliative care has become a subject of international human rights discussions, drawing the attention of the World Health Organization, Pope Benedict XVI, as well as several national and multinational committees on health (Brennan 2007). For the first time, in 2008, physicians in the United States will be able to become board certified in hospice and palliative care (Kuehn 2007). This “switch from curative to palliative activity, however, is often fraught with conflict because the core purpose of hospital medical care is to maintain life” (Kaufman 2005:29). When biomedicine cannot fulfill a curative goal, patients must contend with the contradiction between the culturally shaped expectation of an optimal outcome and the loss of hope (Becker 1997).
This research seeks to examine the role of palliative care in construction of expectations in the face of potential death through the investigation of how patients, their networks, and biomedical clinicians negotiate discourses on critical illness and death in a Dallas, Texas hospital. Specifically, this research is designed to identify how the biomedical discourses on death are mediated by both hope and denial. Hope, defined as a positive expectation for the future, and denial, defined as an expectation that contradicts biomedical opinion, are both subjective, social constructed, fluid constructs which stem from uncertainty and anxiety about the future (Becker 1997; Bovens 1999; Lin et al 2003; Little and Sayers 2004; Telford et al 2006; Scioli 2007). In the event of life-threatening illness, both patients and their physicians may need to renegotiate hopes for the future, and potentially alter the course of health care from curative to palliative. The objective of this research is to critically analyze the aspects of the process through which hospitalized patients and their decision making networks come to accept, modify or reject the palliative discourses on dying. Building on existing research on end-of-life issues in American hospitals (Kaufman 2005) as well as research on the narrative construction of hope in cases of chronic illness and disability (Good et al. 1990; Becker 1997; Boven, 1999; Nekolaichuk 1999; Ezzy 2000; Little 2004; Eliott 2007; Scioli 2007), this research will add new dimensions to the analysis of how expectations are generated. Specifically, the study will investigate how expectations such as hope evolve over time within the structure of biomedical hospitalization and the role of denial both as a means of resistance and an alternate route to hope for patients. This will allow for a critical interpretive analysis of individual and institutionalized discourses on hope, death, and denial within the context of a biomedicine institution through the description of practices and broader structures influencing the cultural construction of knowledge and meanings (Lock and Scheper-Hughes 1996; Becker 1997).
Also, I see your MLA style and am totally jealous. In history, it's all footnotes, apparently. Chicago style, bitches.
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