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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
[2020]
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California series in public anthropology (49)
Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | California series in public anthropology
49 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thailand
/ Dying
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| Further subjects: | 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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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 186 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-34389-4 978-0-520-34390-0 |
