Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life
This article draws on a narrative study of young people with a parent who is at the end of life to examine how family lives are troubled by life-limiting parental illness. Young people struggled to reconcile the physical and emotional absence of family members with meanings of ‘family’; the extent t...
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| description | This article draws on a narrative study of young people with a parent who is at the end of life to examine how family lives are troubled by life-limiting parental illness. Young people struggled to reconcile the physical and emotional absence of family members with meanings of ‘family’; the extent to which young people could rely on family to ‘be there’ in these troubling circumstances was of practical, emotional and moral significance. Our discussion is situated in the context of an English end of life care policy predicated on the ideal of a good death as one that takes place at home accompanied by family members. We explore how the shift away from family as a site for nurturing children towards family as a space to care for the dying is experienced by young people, and consider how these competing moral imperatives are negotiated through relational practices of care. |
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| spelling | nottingham-447662020-05-04T18:55:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44766/ Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life Turner, Nicola Almack, Kathryn This article draws on a narrative study of young people with a parent who is at the end of life to examine how family lives are troubled by life-limiting parental illness. Young people struggled to reconcile the physical and emotional absence of family members with meanings of ‘family’; the extent to which young people could rely on family to ‘be there’ in these troubling circumstances was of practical, emotional and moral significance. Our discussion is situated in the context of an English end of life care policy predicated on the ideal of a good death as one that takes place at home accompanied by family members. We explore how the shift away from family as a site for nurturing children towards family as a space to care for the dying is experienced by young people, and consider how these competing moral imperatives are negotiated through relational practices of care. Taylor & Francis 2017-07-12 Article PeerReviewed Turner, Nicola and Almack, Kathryn (2017) Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life. Children's Geographies . pp. 1-12. ISSN 1473-3277 Young people; family; care; child–adult relations; moral geography https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14733285.2017.1350633 doi:10.1080/14733285.2017.1350633 doi:10.1080/14733285.2017.1350633 |
| spellingShingle | Young people; family; care; child–adult relations; moral geography Turner, Nicola Almack, Kathryn Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| title | Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| title_full | Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| title_fullStr | Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| title_short | Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| title_sort | troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life |
| topic | Young people; family; care; child–adult relations; moral geography |
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