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.
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