Coping with choices to die / C.G. Prado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prado, C. G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Suicidal behavior.

Older people.

Suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.

Suicide.

Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.

Euthanasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the reactions of the friends and family of those who elect to die due to terminal illness. These surviving spouses, partners, relatives and friends, in addition to coping with the death of a loved one, must also deal with the loved one's decision to die, thus severing the relationship. C. G. Prado examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs, particularly those related to life, death and the possibility of an afterlife. Understanding the role of these cultural influences on the grieving processes of survivors is a crucial step in allowing them to accept both intellectually and emotionally the finality of elective death and to deal with the decision of their loved one.

Contents:

Foreword: emotions, feelings, and thoughts / by Wesley Boston

Laying the groundwork

Feelings: their influences and control

Culture's elusive role

Revising the criterion for rational elective death

Two philosophical challenges

Survivors' responses

Accepting finality

Appendix: belief in an afterlife.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-21277-4

0-511-85110-3

1-282-81857-0

9786612818578

0-511-76048-5

0-511-90917-9

0-511-90842-3

0-511-90712-5

0-511-90992-6

0-511-90584-X

OCLC:

670411186