An examination of the contemporary medicalization of death and dying that calls us to acknowledge instead death's existential and emotional realities. Death is a natural, inevitable, and deeply human process, and yet Western medicine tends to view it as a medical failure. In their zeal to prevent death, physicians and hospitals often set patients and their families on a seemingly unstoppable trajectory toward medical interventions that...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262542420
ISBN13:9780262542425
Release Date:September 2021
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 6.9"
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