Between Two Worlds
Liminality and Late-Stage Cancer-Directed Therapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | GAIL ADORNO (0000-0003-0335-0121, School of Social Work, The University of Texas, Arlington, TX, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99-125 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0030222815570589 |
| PMID | 26625508 |
| OpenAlex | W2214307132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 93 |
Disease-directed therapy near death is a growing trend among persons living with late-stage cancer. As a sociocultural phenomenon, cancer-directed therapy (e.g., chemotherapy) when given for very advanced disease is a process that offers questionable benefits and portends further suffering, but also suggests potential for growth and transcendence. Theories and concepts drawn from cultural anthropology, sociology, and existentialism illustrate how contextual factors contribute to the creation of a "liminal space"; the latter part of the cancer trajectory where living and dying can overlap. When applied to clinical practice, this theoretical framework gives the patient, family, and health care provider a way of "unmasking" a period of transition during terminal illness when aggressive disease-directed care continues to be provided. The liminal space may function as an existential plane; a gateway or threshold with inherent potential for psychospiritual development during the final stage of life
Disease · Epistemology · Existentialism · Function (biology · Health care · Liminality · Pathology · Phenomenon · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Anthropology · Computer Science · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Modern Symbolic Interaction Theory and Health
The Dread Disease
Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment
Patterns of Functional Decline at the End of Life
Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
Dignity Therapy
Patient-centered communication in cancer care: Promoting healing and reducing suffering
The Forest of Symbols
Liminality and Disability
Me’s and We’s Forms and Functions of Social Identities
The Biotechnical Embrace
American oncology and the discourse on hope
Whose dying? A sociological critique of the 'good death
Spiritual Journey with the Dying, Liminality, and the Nature of Hope
The Social Construction of the “Dying Role” and the Hospice Drama
Identities and Interactions
The Social Construction of Meaning
Naming and Framing
Liminality as a Descriptor for the Cancer Experience
Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution Selected Writings
The Ritual Process. Structure and Anti-Structure
Feeling like a burden
Liminality
Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being
Physical disability and social liminality
Social comparison processes, narrative mapping and their shaping of the cancer experience
The Rites of Passage
The Ritual Process
Death
The Social Construction of Illness
The Body, Identity, and Self
Loss of self
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |