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Dear Angela I understand the perspective you are working from. I am currently writing up my MA about how the dying individual is negotiating their lives during the time they are dying given that people can have a productive and creative time because of palliative care and keen prognosis. I agree that in my readings so often a negative stance is taken about the "grief, sadness, and anger" felt by the mourners or dying as if these feelings are to avoided because they are "bad/harmful". Rather than embracing the fact that these emotions exist, that they are a powerful force and that they have a beneficial effect for the individual over a period of time. I would love to hear more about your study. Sorry I have not heard of the reference. Karen At 15:22 26/10/00 +0100, you wrote: > > Hi to you all, > > I am currently writing (for PhD thesis) about how rage and anger are > deliberately edited out of published accounts of dying. Yesterday I was told > that Jill Tweedie had begun writing about her own cancer by publishing what > was described to me as a very angry piece of work. > > I wondered if anyone would have specific references for when this appeared > and would be kind enough to let me have details. > > Thanks in advance, > > Angela > > Angela Armstrong-Coster > Department of Sociology > University of Essex, > Colchester > England CO4 3SQ There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw Karen Neele Administration Assistant ANTH 101 & 102 Tutor MA Student Department of Anthropology Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND E-mail: [log in to unmask] Telephone: ++ 64 4 471 5304 Fax: ++ 64 4 463 5064 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%