The spirit ambulance: choreographing the end of life in Thailand

"The Spirit Ambulance is a journey into decision-making at the end of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks, from a rapidly developing universal medical system, to national and global human-rights politics, to c...

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Главный автор: Stonington, Scott (Автор)
Формат: Print
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Oakland, California University of Californiarnia Press [2020]
В: California series in public anthropology (49)
Год: 2020
Серии журналов/журналы:California series in public anthropology 49
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Thailand / Умирание (мотив)
Другие ключевые слова:B Terminal Care (Thailand)
B Older people Medical care (Thailand)
B Death (Thailand) Planning
B Death Religious aspects Buddhism
B Medical Ethics (Thailand) Decision making
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Итог:"The Spirit Ambulance is a journey into decision-making at the end of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks, from a rapidly developing universal medical system, to national and global human-rights politics, to contemporary movements in Buddhist metaphysics. Stonington's gripping ethnography documents how Thai families attempt to pay back a "debt of life" to their elders through intensive medical care, followed by a medically-assisted rush from the hospital to home to ensure a spiritually advantageous last breath. The result is a powerful exploration of the nature of death and the complexities arising from the globalization of biomedical expertise and ethics around the world"--
Примечание:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0520343891