Spirit Ambulance

Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand

AvScott Stonington

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del 49 i serien California Series in Public Anthropology

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Beskrivning

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

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-25
Mått:150 x 224 x 13 mm
Vikt:295 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:California Series in Public Anthropology
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520343900

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Scott Stonington, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, International Studies, and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.

Recensioner i media

"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."

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Jandi: The Spirit AmbulanceArirat: Facing the Karma MasterIntroduction: Choreographing the End of Life1. Paying the Debt of Life 2. The Spirit Ambulance Buddhadasa: Problematizing Death 3. The New End of Life 4. Karma Masters Coda NotesBibliographyIndex