Coping with Choices to Die
$197.34
- Hardcover
206 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2010
Summary
This book examines the reactions of the friends and family of those who elect to die due to terminal illness. These surviving spouses, partners, relatives and friends, in addition to coping with the death of a loved one, must also deal with the loved one’s decision to die, thus severing the relationship. C. G. Prado examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs, particularly those related to life, death and the possibility of an afterlife. Understa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521114769 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521114764 |
| Author: | C.G. Prado |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 206 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 156mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
‘Prado’s book is a thorough, thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of euthanasia, its philosophical challenges, and - originally - the close people’s situation. In sum, a book that addresses a wide readership in addition to the medical.’ P. Schioldborg, Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
About The Author
C.G. Prado
C. G. Prado is professor emeritus of philosophy at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. His most recent publications are Starting with Descartes (2009), Foucault’s Legacy (2009), Choosing to Die: Elective Death and Multiculturalism (2008) and Searle and Foucault on Truth (2006).
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