Final Days: Japanese Culture and Choice at the End of Life 9780824843960
In postindustrial societies, people must consciously define their individuality through the choices they make. Recently,
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English Pages 304 Year 2005
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Culture and Choice at the End of Life
2. Anthropology and the Study of Dying
3. Structuring the Options for Dying: Japan as a Postindustrial Society
4. Metaphors and Scripts for the Good Death
5. Who Decides? Social Roles and Relationships
6. Deciding to Treat or Not to Treat
7. Life-and-Death Decisions and Cultural Stereotypes
8. New Scripts and Culture Change
9. Choice and the Creation of a Meaningful Death
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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