Actively Dying: The Creation of Muslim Identities through End-of-Life Care in the United States

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Note on language
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Actively dying—A medical phrase and a framework for analyzing end-of-life care and Muslim identities
	“Actively dying”: A medical phrase and a theoretical framework
	An ethnography of actively dying and religious identities
	The dying body, becoming, and identities
	Bringing together: Cultural anthropology and bioarchaeology
	Research
		Part I: Discourses
		Part II: Institutional practices
		Part III: Identity creation and transformation
	Anthropology, Islam, and health care
	The topic and organization of the book
	Notes
Part I: Approaches
	1 Death and dying within the US health care system
		Ethnomedicine, biomedicine, and how the Enlightenment shapes health care
		Following the numbers and making decisions about patients’ care
		End-of-life care in the United States
		Paying for end-of-life care: Religious debates relating to care in the United States
		Notes
	2 Islam and end-of-life care: Prevalent approaches and beliefs
		Decisions about end-of-life care and preparation for death
		The dissemination of knowledge and weighing the benefits against the risks
		Caregiving preferences and the changing landscape
		The nuances of Islam and end-of-life care
		Notes
Part II: Experiences
	3 Muslim health care providers: The intersection of medical practice and religion
		Dr. Nasr: Responsibility and judgment
		Dr. Bashara: The meaning of suffering
		Dr. Patel: Empathy and humanity
		Care, religion, and identity
		Notes
	4 The Muslim child: Adult children caring for dying parents
		The “good” Muslim child
		Dying and defining faith
		When aging parents are sick or dying
		Health care, dying, and religious identity
		Notes
	5 Death: The dead Muslim body and connections to identity
		The timing of death
		Dying without pain, or a comfortable death
		Place of death and burial of the body
		Locating place of death and burial within the broader context
		Death, burial, and Muslim identities in the United States
		Notes
	Conclusion: The important case of “a bus”—A critique and intervention
		Vulnerability
		Competencies in health care and the abandonment of culture
		Final thoughts: Writing about end-of-life care during the pandemic
		Notes
References
Index