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The Spirit Ambulance - Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand (Hardcover)
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The Spirit Ambulance - Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand (Hardcover)
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology, 49
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The Spirit Ambulance is a journey into decision-making at the end
of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths
for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks, from a
rapidly developing universal medical system, to national and global
human-rights politics, to contemporary movements in Buddhist
metaphysics. Scott Stonington's gripping ethnography documents how
Thai families attempt to pay back a "debt of life" to their elders
through intensive medical care, followed by a medically assisted
rush from the hospital to home to ensure a spiritually advantageous
last breath. The result is a powerful exploration of the nature of
death and the complexities arising from the globalization of
biomedical expertise and ethics around the world.
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