Longing for nothingness
Subtitle: resistance, denial, and the place of death in the nursing home
By: Andrew Stein.
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780765705778; 9780765705785
Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects; Nursing home patients -- Psychology; Nursing homes -- Psychological aspects; Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The destructive side of our erotic life; title: The theme of death and dying in early Freud; title: Freud's later views concerning death as a drive; title: Death and the other; title: Death and the chain of life; title: Introduction to death in the nursing home; title: Life for the resident in the nursing home; title: Resident's narcissistic frames of mind; title: Negation of death in the nursing home; title: Coda and exit.