In an era of changing demographics and values, this volume provides a cross-national and interdisciplinary perspective on the question of who cares for and about the elderly. The authors reflect on research studies, experimental programmes and personal experience in Japan and the US to explicitly compare how policies, practices and interpretations of elder care are evolving at the turn of the century.
In an era of changing demographics and values, this volume provides a cross-national and interdisciplinary perspective on the question of who cares fo...
In postindustrial societies, people must consciously define their individuality through the choices they make. Recently, death has become yet another realm of personal choice, making a good death one in which we die in our own way. Does culture matter in these decisions? Final Days represents a new perspective on end-of-life decision-making, arguing that culture does make a difference but not as a checklist of customs or as the source of a moral code.
Grounded in rich ethnographic data, the book offers a superb examination of how policy and meaning frame the choices Japanese make...
In postindustrial societies, people must consciously define their individuality through the choices they make. Recently, death has become yet anoth...
In addition to offering a new theoretical perspective on the anthropology of death, this work provides a rich resource for readers interested in human responses to mortality: the one certainty of human existence.
In addition to offering a new theoretical perspective on the anthropology of death, this work provides a rich resource for readers interested in human...
