The Spirit Ambulance : Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand Hardback
by Scott Stonington
Part of the California Series in Public Anthropology series
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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. Â
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- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:25/08/2020
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- ISBN:9780520343894
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:25/08/2020
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- ISBN:9780520343894