Caring in Context

Drawing on ethnographic research conducted by an American nurse, Caring in Context is an exploration of how most of the world experiences cancer, and how nurses bear witness and respond to the suffering of others when they have little means to help - or for complex reasons, choose not to.

Virginia LeBaron is the Kluge-Schakat Associate Professor of Compassionate Care at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, in Charlottesville, Virginia (USA).

PART I:INTRODUCTION. Introduction. PART II:SOUTH INDIAN CANCER HOSPITAL. 1.In the Struggle. 2.What We Can Do, We Do. 3.If We Don't Shout, They Won't Listen. 4.Behind the Wall. 5.I Cannot Always Trust My Heart. 6.No Legs, No Life. PART III:THE COMMUNITY. 7.The Stigma That Cannot Be Washed Away. PART IV:OTHER HOSPITALS. 8.Cash for Compassion. PART V:CONCLUSIONS. 9.How Life Shines Through. 10.The Similarities in Our Differences. 11.Notes on Methods and Recommendations.