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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.

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Author:   David Moller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9780415783835

ISBN 10:   0415783836
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   14 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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