Leaving : a narrative of assisted suicide / Anthony Stavrianakis

By:

Stavrianakis, Anthony [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oakland, California University of California Press [2019]Description: 1 online resource (x, 235 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0520975545
9780520975545

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Additional physical formats: Print version: LeavingDDC classification:

179.7 23

LOC classification:

R726 .S674 2019eb

NLM classification:

WB 65

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Contents:

Introduction : a problem -- Restricted action, an orientation -- Leaving, a casuistry -- Ethos, three studies

Summary: "The first book-length anthropological study of voluntary assisted dying, Leaving is a narrative account of five case histories of people who ended their lives with assistance in Switzerland. Anthony Stavrianakis places his narrative within a larger story about how to approach and understand the practice of assisted suicide, one that is often integrated into moral positions that reflect sociological and psychological commonplaces about both suicide and euthanasia. Leaving argues that such commonplaces are wildly inappropriate and cannot encompass the larger experiences of those who seek this specific form through which to leave their experience of life and illness"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : a problem -- Restricted action, an orientation -- Leaving, a casuistry -- Ethos, three studies

"The first book-length anthropological study of voluntary assisted dying, Leaving is a narrative account of five case histories of people who ended their lives with assistance in Switzerland. Anthony Stavrianakis places his narrative within a larger story about how to approach and understand the practice of assisted suicide, one that is often integrated into moral positions that reflect sociological and psychological commonplaces about both suicide and euthanasia. Leaving argues that such commonplaces are wildly inappropriate and cannot encompass the larger experiences of those who seek this specific form through which to leave their experience of life and illness"-- Provided by publisher

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