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The Spirit Ambulance: Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand Volume 49
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Series: California Public Anthropology, Book 49
Medical ReferenceAnthropologyDeath & Dying
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ISBN10: 0520343891
ISBN13: 9780520343894
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Aug 25 2020
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780520343894
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Aug 25 2020
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.
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