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clashing ethical frameworks
contemporary movements in buddhist metaphysics
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craft good deaths
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end of life in thailand
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exploration of nature of death
globalization of biomedical expertise
gripping
human rights politics
intensive medical care
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pay back debt of life
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spiritually advantageous last breath
universal medical system
Product details
- ISBN 9780520343900
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Aug 2020
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
Scott Stonington, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, International Studies, and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.
