'Doing Death' the Mediterranean way : end-of-life in a segregated nursing home

Soom Ammann, Eva; Rauber, Gabriela; Salis Gross, Corina (2019). '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. KEYWORDS: Nursing home, end-of-life care, doing death, migration, diversity, ethnography

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Health Professions
Name:	Soom Ammann, Eva0000-0003-3646-1450; Rauber, Gabriela and Salis Gross, Corina
ISSN:	1357-6275
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christoph Golz
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2020 06:46
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2022 21:45
Publisher DOI:	10.1080/13576275.2018.1483906
Additional Information:	Date: 2019
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.10206
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/10206