Del 49 i serien California Series in Public Anthropology
Spirit Ambulance
Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
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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. Scott 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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2020-08-25
- Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
- Vikt318 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCalifornia Series in Public Anthropology
- Antal sidor208
- FörlagUniversity of California Press
- ISBN9780520343894
