Coping with Choices to Die, 9780521132480
Paperback
Examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs. Understanding the role of these influences on the grieving processes of survivors is a crucial step in allowing them to accept the finality of elective death and to deal with the decision of their loved one.

Coping with Choices to Die

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  • Paperback

    206 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 2010

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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-13:9780521132480
ISBN-10:0521132487
Author:C.G. Prado
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:206
Release Date:1 November 2010
Weight:280g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 15mm
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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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