In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RightTo A fine general overview of the righttodie question Library JournalPeter Filenes analysis should be read by anyone who wishes a deeper understanding of what is at stake in our current cultural debate about medicineís proper role at the end of life In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RightTo In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RightToDie in America With the narrative skills he has displayed in his fiction Mr Filene takes the reader into the lives and feelings of people who have struggled with the predicament of modern dying Beginning with the nineteenthcentury background and the rise of medical technology In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RightTo READ book In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RightToDie in America Peter G Filene Project MUSE In the Arms of Others A Cultural History In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RighttoDie in America Chicago Ivan R Dee 1998 xvii 282 pp Ill 2750 Chicago Ivan R Dee 1998 xvii 282 pp Ill 2750 Framing his discussion of the righttodie with the 1975 case of Karen Ann Quinlan Peter Filene uncovers ambiguous and contradictory attitudes that he attributes to “two American values abundance and individualism” p 158 PDF⋙ In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the Peter Filenes In the Arms of Others is the first book to set this dilemma into broad historical and cultural context It is in other words a history of the “right to die” as viewed in the United States In The Arms Of Others A Cultural History Of The RightTo Recommended Citation Filene Peter G 1960 In The Arms Of Others A Cultural History Of The RightToDie In America 1998 Books by Alumni In the arms of others a cultural history of the rightto In the arms of others a cultural history of the righttodie in America Peter G Filene An intelligent sensitive and often moving account of a modern development that has become a paramount question in our society at the start of the twentyfirst century Right to Die In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of Instead of limiting his work to the ethical and legal evolution of our thinking about the righttodie Mr Filene has written a modern cultural history He clearly articulates the arguments in the righttodie debate then focuses on the radical change in how Americans think and act about dying in all of its messy emotional ambiguity In the arms of others a cultural history of the rightto In the arms of others a cultural history of the righttodie in America Peter G Filene Home WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help Search Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library Create schemaname In the arms of others a cultural history of the righttodie in America en
Title : In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right-To-Die in America
ISBN : 1566632684
Release Date : 1999-08-20
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Rating : 5.0
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