Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Death & Dying

How far would you go to avoid death?

Frozen to Life is the true account of the author's extraordinary answer to this question: If he cannot escape the constraints of a 'natural' lifespan, he will, upon his death, have his severed head preserved in a vat of liquid nitrogen in the Arizona desert.

This book illuminates the astonishing science behind his decision, and the transformative power of the patternist thinking that carried him to it.From the initial confusion and isolation of his upbringing on the Scottish islands of Benbecula and Skye comes a curious...

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Decision Making near the End of Life provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments that have impacted decision-making processes within the field of end-of-life care. The most current developments in all aspects of major underlying issues such as public attitudes, the impact of media, bioethics, and legal precedent provide the background information for the text. The authors examine various aspects of end-of-life choices and decision-making, including communication (between and among family, medical personnel, the dying person), advance directives, and the emergence...

What do we learn about death from the Holocaust and how does it impact our responses to mortality today?

Facing Death: Confronting Mortality in the Holocaust and Ourselves brings together the work of eleven Holocaust and genocide scholars who address these difficult questions, convinced of the urgency of further reflection on the Holocaust as the last survivors pass away. The volume is distinctive in its dialogical and introspective approach, where the contributors position themselves to confront their own impending death while listening to the voices of victims and learning...

Die medizinethische Diskussion steht in der Gefahr unter einem fortschreitenden Rechtsdruck das anthropologische Grundphanomen des Sterbens immer mehr aus dem Blick zu verlieren. Sollen Sterben und Tod nicht zur Projektionsflache diffuser Angste und Befurchtungen werden, dann ist es dringend erforderlich, die verschiedenen Dimensionen der Begegnung des Menschen mit seiner eigenen Sterblichkeit moglichst vorurteilsfrei auszuleuchten. Der interdisziplinare Aufbau des vorliegenden Bandes ermoglicht nicht nur einen Einblick in die Komplexitat der weithin verdrangten Thematik des Sterbens,...