Soom Ammann, Eva; Rauber, Gabriela; Salis Gross Cöplü, Corina (2018). ‘Doing death’ the Mediterranean way: End-of-life in a segregated nursing home. Mortality, 24(3), pp. 271-289. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13576275.2018.1483906
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This paper presents ethnographic data on a migrant-specific nursing home ward in Switzerland. It shows that the structurally pre-defined segregation of residents sharing a common characteristic affects care practices along three dimensions: performances of sameness/otherness, informalisation of relationships and language/understanding. Yet, ‘death work’ showed little difference to non-segregated wards. However, relatives’ practices in dying trajectories were less congruent with nursing home ‘doing death’, and collisions may evolve. The need for negotiations associated with running a segregated ward seems to elicit enhanced institutional reflexivity with potential to increase the ability of institutions to provide diversity-sensitive services to all residents.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Soom Ammann, Eva, Rauber, Gabriela, Salis Gross Cöplü, Corina |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
1469-9885 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Eva Soom Ammann |
Date Deposited: |
27 Jun 2019 10:02 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/13576275.2018.1483906 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.127589 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/127589 |
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