Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 151 mm, Gewicht: 208 g
The Human Impact of Technological Dying
Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 151 mm, Gewicht: 208 g
Reihe: Perspectives on Death and Dying
ISBN: 978-0-415-78383-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Candidly written, ""On Death Without Dignity: The Human Impact of Technological Dying"", attempts to re-humanize the inevitable biological occurrence called dying. It is Moller's view that through the advancement of medicalized technology, has come the demise of the contemporary dying process. The oncological death is reflected as failure in the part of modern medicine, the physician, and the hospital; yet the patient experiences alienation, stigma, helplessness, and normlessness. Yet as a culture the current societal approach to the dying-silent avoidance-only adds to this alienation. Society has failed to provide the necessary rules for this universal, social, and biological event.
Zielgruppe
Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introductory Précis: Jack Elinson, Ph.D.
Introduction
Technology, Meaning, and Death
Meaning of death or death of meaning
Death and Denial in Modern America
Technological Medicine, The Technocratic Physician and Human Dying
Individualism, Fellowship, and Dying
The non-communal environment
Dying and loss of fellowship
Modern Dying and Social Organization of the Hospital
The hospital as total institution
Patient alienation within the hospital
The Stigma of Dying
Identity problems: Beyond the looking-glass
The stigma of dying: Scenarios of personal terror
Sexuality and dying: Fertile ground for stigma
As the new self emerges
Approaching Omega: The Roller Coaster of Dying
The course of dying and societal forces
A Concluding Statement on Technology and the Social Isolation of Dying
A Methodological Note
Index
