On Death without Dignity
The Human Impact of Technological Dying
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. June 1990
Book
Hardback
116 pages
978-0-89503-067-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Amityville
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89503-067-2 (9780895030672)
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Person
David Moller
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introductory Precis: 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
Introductory Precis: 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