Coping with Choices to Die
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- Author: C. G. Prado, Queen's University, Ontario
- Date Published: December 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521114769
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This book examines the reactions of the friends and family of those who elect to die due to terminal illness. These surviving spouses, partners, relatives and friends, in addition to coping with the death of a loved one, must also deal with the loved one's decision to die, thus severing the relationship. C. G. Prado examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs, particularly those related to life, death and the possibility of an afterlife. Understanding the role of these cultural influences on the grieving processes of survivors is a crucial step in allowing them to accept both intellectually and emotionally the finality of elective death and to deal with the decision of their loved one.
Read more- Develops the contrast between iconic and coincidental cultures introduced in Choosing to Die (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- Introduces the analytical concept of 'experience-organizing narratives' or 'EONs' as determinants of individuals' perspectives and attitudes
- Considers the role of belief in an afterlife in elective-death decisions
Reviews & endorsements
'Prado's book is a thorough, thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of euthanasia, its philosophical challenges, and - originally - the close people's situation. In sum, a book that addresses a wide readership in addition to the medical.' P. Schioldborg, Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
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- Date Published: December 2010
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521114769
- length: 206 pages
- dimensions: 233 x 156 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.41kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface: emotions, feelings, and thoughts Wesley Boston
1. Laying the groundwork
2. Feelings: their influences and control
3. Culture's elusive role
4. Revising the criterion for rational elective death
5. Two philosophical challenges
6. Survivors' responses
7. Accepting finality
Appendix: belief in an afterlife.
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