The Study of Dying Hardback: From Autonomy to Transformation - Hardcover

Kellehear

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521517672 ISBN 13: 9780521517676

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

What is it really like to die? This intriguing volume brings together research from several disciplines on what we know about dying. Examining what human beings encounter socially, psychologically and spiritually, it shows how cultural influences, social circumstances and personal choice shape the experience.

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'... eloquent book ... an even-handed analysis ... The Study of Dying is a well-crafted book that looks at demise from all sorts of angles.' Journal of the American Medical Association

'This interdisciplinary collection of chapters makes a valuable contribution to understanding the social experience of dying. Acknowledging that there is limited work which addresses the experience of dying specifically, the contributors achieve the collection's central aim of exploring the diversity and complexities that shape 'dying as a particular form of social life and experience' (p.1) ... Drawing together perspectives from a range of disciplines, including religion, literature, history and medicine, the volume provides a nuanced and thoughtful picture of current knowledge about the dying process.' Network, magazine of the British Sociological Association

'... the strength of this edited collection is its multidisciplinary approach to dying and the range of fascinating ideas and evidence contained within it.' Sociology of Health & Illness

Biografía del autor:

Allan Kellehear is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath, UK.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521517672
• ISBN 13: 9780521517676
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300