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On Death Without Dignity: The Human Impact of Technological Dying
 0895030675,  978-0895030672

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introductory Précis......Page 12
Contents......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Chapter 1: Technology, Meaning, and Death......Page 22
Meaning of death or death of meaning......Page 25
Chapter 2: Death and Denial in Modern America......Page 30
Chapter 3: Technological Medicine, The Technocratic Physician and Human Dying......Page 43
Chapter 4: Individualism, Fellowship, and Dying......Page 55
The non-communal environment......Page 56
Dying and loss of fellowship......Page 58
Chapter 5: Modern Dying and Social Organization of the Hospital......Page 66
The hospital as total institution......Page 69
Patient alienation within the hospital......Page 72
Chapter 6: The Stigma of Dying......Page 81
Identity problems: Beyond the looking-glass......Page 82
The stigma of dying: Scenarios of personal terror......Page 86
Sexuality and dying: Fertile ground for stigma......Page 91
As the new self emerges......Page 95
Chapter 7: Approaching Omega: The Roller Coaster of Dying......Page 100
The course of dying and societal forces......Page 103
Chapter 8: A Concluding Statement on Technology and the Social Isolation of Dying......Page 114
A Methodological Note......Page 121
Index......Page 126

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ON DEATH WITHOUT DIGNITY The Human Impact of Technological Dying PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING Serles

RICHARD A. KALISH, Series Editor

DA V/D WENDELL MOLLER

Boca Raton London New York

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First published 1990 by Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. Published 2018 by CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 First issued in paperback 2018 © 1990 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works ISBN 13: 978-0-415-78383-5 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-89503-067-2 (hbk) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part ofthis book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. For permission to photocopy or use material electronically from this work, please access www.copyright.com (http://www.copyright.com/) or contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.(CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400. CCC is a not-for-profit organization that provides licenses and registration for a variety of users. For organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Library of Congress Catalog Number:90-1178

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moller, David Wendell. On death without dignity : the human impact of technological dying I David Wendell Moller. p. em. - - (Perspectives on death and dying series ; 6) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89503-066-7 (paper). - - ISBN 0-89503-067-5 (cloth) 1. Thanatology. 2. Death-Social aspects. 3. Terminal care-United States. I. Title. II. Series. HQ1073.5.U6M65 1990 306.9---