Almost over : aging, dying, dead / F.M. Kamm.
2020
BD444 .K315 2020
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Title
Almost over : aging, dying, dead / F.M. Kamm.
ISBN
9780190097189 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (336 pages).
Call Number
BD444 .K315 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.9
Summary
Discussing philosophical, legal, and medical issues related to aging, dying, and death, this text considers different views about whether and why death is bad for the person who dies, and whether these views bear on why it would be bad if there were no more persons at all. The book looks at how the general public is being asked to think about end-of-life issues by examining some questionnaires and conversation guides that have been developed. It also considers views about the process of dying and whether it might make sense to not resist death, or even to bring about the end of one's life, given certain views about meaning in life and what things it is worth living on to get and do.
Note
Discussing philosophical, legal, and medical issues related to aging, dying, and death, this text considers different views about whether and why death is bad for the person who dies, and whether these views bear on why it would be bad if there were no more persons at all. The book looks at how the general public is being asked to think about end-of-life issues by examining some questionnaires and conversation guides that have been developed. It also considers views about the process of dying and whether it might make sense to not resist death, or even to bring about the end of one's life, given certain views about meaning in life and what things it is worth living on to get and do.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190097158
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