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Author:

Norwood, Frances, 1966-

Title:

The maintenance of life : preventing social death through euthanasia talk and end-of-life care : lessons from the Netherlands / Frances Norwood.

Publisher:

Carolina Academic Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxvi, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Euthanasia--Netherlands.
Terminal care--Netherlands.
Medical anthropology.
Euthanasia--ethics--Netherlands.
Attitude to Death--Netherlands.
Right to Die--ethics--Netherlands.
Social Medicine--Netherlands.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index.

Contents:

That's not my wife -- Making a discourse -- Euthanasia in historical and cultural perspective -- Family friend at the end : a Huisarts perspective -- Into the garden : euthanasia talk and the dying individual -- Family matter : euthanasia in families and homes -- Lessons from The Netherlands : a comparison of practices and policies at the end of Dutch and American life.

Summary:

Examines social views and practices toward death and dying in the early twenty-first century, based on a study of euthanasia practices and home death in the Netherlands with interviews with patients, families, and physicians.

Series:

Carolina Academic Press ethnographic studies in medical anthropology series.

ISBN:

1594605181 (alk. paper)
9781594605185 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)402540691

LCCN:

2009022910

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)