The Spirit Ambulance: Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand (California Series in Public Anthropology #49)

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2020

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
208 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780520975231
Related ISBNs:
9780520343900, 9780520343894
Publisher:
University of California Press
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Copyrighted By:
Scott Stonington
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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