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Spirit Ambulance

Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Scott Stonington

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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

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion
Hälsa inom Halsa och familj
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhalle och politik
Hälso- och sjukvård inom Medicin
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin

"I commend Stonington on this powerful and practically useful study which will have a lasting impact on my practice of bioethics (and I imagine that of many others) in a culturally diverse context. I would highly recommend this book for scholars (such as those in anthropology and religious studies), for those with a general interest in various approaches to dying and caring for the dying, and especially for those who wish to improve cultural safety when planning and delivering healthcare with Thai patients and families in diaspora."