In Times of Need: A Visual Ethnography of Janet Killian and Hospice Care
Major
Sociology
Submission Type
Poster
Area of Study or Work
Anthropology, Health, Humanities
Expected Graduation Date
2023
Location
CNS Atrium, Easel 8
Start Date
4-9-2022 11:15 AM
End Date
4-9-2022 12:30 PM
Abstract
Janet Killian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, who works with those who are dying and their families to alleviate some of the pain they are feeling. My research focuses on the methods. Killian uses to provide relief to those who are facing terminal diagnoses and provide support to their families. The research includes a literature review of Hospice Care, including methods care providers typically use in their work. I conducted research in collaboration with Killian, comprising primarily of ethnographic interviews. The ethnography is collaboratively produced primarily through photos, which illustrate the ways in which Hospice Care is provided. Hospice Care is a broad-ranging collection of treatments and methods which all relate to alleviating the pain of a terminally ill person, in every sense, and/or the pain their family and friends are feeling. Hospice Care is focused on providing palliative care measures for the patient and emotional support for the patient’s family. Killian’s vast experience will shed light on the end-of-life care Hospice provides to the terminally ill and those closest to them.
In Times of Need: A Visual Ethnography of Janet Killian and Hospice Care
CNS Atrium, Easel 8
Janet Killian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, who works with those who are dying and their families to alleviate some of the pain they are feeling. My research focuses on the methods. Killian uses to provide relief to those who are facing terminal diagnoses and provide support to their families. The research includes a literature review of Hospice Care, including methods care providers typically use in their work. I conducted research in collaboration with Killian, comprising primarily of ethnographic interviews. The ethnography is collaboratively produced primarily through photos, which illustrate the ways in which Hospice Care is provided. Hospice Care is a broad-ranging collection of treatments and methods which all relate to alleviating the pain of a terminally ill person, in every sense, and/or the pain their family and friends are feeling. Hospice Care is focused on providing palliative care measures for the patient and emotional support for the patient’s family. Killian’s vast experience will shed light on the end-of-life care Hospice provides to the terminally ill and those closest to them.