An edition of A Social History of Dying (2007)

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An edition of A Social History of Dying (2007)

A Social History of Dying

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Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dying as otherworld journey to the contemporary Cosmopolitan Age of dying in nursing homes, Allan Kellehear takes the reader on a 2 million year journey of discovery that covers the major challenges we will all eventually face: anticipating, preparing, taming and timing for our eventual deaths. This is a major review of the human and clinical sciences literature about human dying conduct. The historical approach of this book places our recent images of cancer dying and medical care in broader historical, epidemiological and global context. Professor Kellehear argues that we are witnessing a rise in shameful forms of dying. It is not cancer, heart disease or medical science that presents modern dying conduct with its greatest moral tests, but rather poverty, ageing and social exclusion.

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310

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A Social History of Dying
February 12, 2007, Cambridge University Press
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2007, Cambridge University Press
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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
310
Dimensions
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weight
13.4 ounces

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OL7752309M
Internet Archive
socialhistorydyi00kell
ISBN 10
0521694299
ISBN 13
9780521694292
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2831591
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4332920

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