The Spirit Ambulance : Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand Paperback / softback
by Scott Stonington
Part of the California Series in Public Anthropology series
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:25/08/2020
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- ISBN:9780520343900
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:25/08/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520343900
