A New Art of Dying as a Cultural Challenge
In North Atlantic culture dying is mostly seen as a personal event. The societal dimension of dying and the impact of the cultural horizon are often overlooked. In this contribution a revised version of a medieval Ars moriendi model is used as a lens to perceive the one-sidedness of North Atlantic c...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 279-285 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBA Western Europe KBQ North America NBE Anthropology NCH Medical ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Ars moriendi B Death B Palliative Care B Palliative treatment B art of dying B Culture |
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| Summary: | In North Atlantic culture dying is mostly seen as a personal event. The societal dimension of dying and the impact of the cultural horizon are often overlooked. In this contribution a revised version of a medieval Ars moriendi model is used as a lens to perceive the one-sidedness of North Atlantic culture. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816642974 |