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Social Face of Death, 1996-1997

Interviewee
Webb, Cynthia April 24, 1997 

Call Number
96-165

Physical Description

23 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 55 minutes; index

Interviewer
Granbois, Judith A.

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Cynthia Webb, born January 16, 1943, discusses the deaths which have touched her life. She talks about illness, especially cancer, which took the lives of many of her family members, and the pain it caused for both the patients and their families. She discusses the care she gave to many of those whom she talks about, as well as the health care field. Web discusses the preparations that need to be made for death, those that were neglected by some who have passed, and those that she has made for herself.

  • Keywords
    • Subjects
    • caregiving
    • death preparations
    • funeral preparations
    • health care decisions
    • hospitalization
    • illness
    • spiritual readiness
    • wills