| The Spirit Ambulance: Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand Volume 49 Contributor(s): Stonington, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520343905 ISBN-13: 9780520343900 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Death & Dying - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: 306.909 |
| LCCN: 2020004114 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |