Death is that man taking names: intersections of american medicine, law, and culture
Auteur :
Burt, Robert A.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520243248
Date de publication :
6 sept. 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
318 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Offers an account of psychological and social forces underlying American cultural attitudes toward death. This book maintains that unacknowledged ambivalence is likely to undermine the beneficent goals of post-1970s reforms and harm the very people these changes were intended to help.