Approaches to Death and Dying: Bioethical and Cultural Perspectives

By: Marta Szabat and Jan Piasecki

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Synopsis: The book Approaches to Death and Dying: Bioethical and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Marta Szabat and Jan Piasecki, is part of a still too narrow catalogue of works devoted to end-of-life themes. The volume consists of eleven articles arranged in four parts corresponding to a broad range of issues: law, ethics, philosophy, and cultural studies. The arrangement of the book is thus constructed around various perspectives upon which any reflection on death and dying must be based. This is perhaps indicative of how difficult it is to adopt an unambiguous attitude towards death–modernity, which introduces a multitude of possible choices and decisions regarding our own bodies, has enhanced individualism but at the same time done away with the order provided by old customs, cultural arrangements, strategies towards the inevitable and the power exerted by that order.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9788323372820
Publisher:: Jagiellonian University Press
Date of Addition:: 05/25/23
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Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Jan Piasecki
Edited by:: Marta Szabat