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by: James W. Green See Larger Image List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $21.86 You Save: $8.09 (27%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $15.35 Third Party New Price: $15.90 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 306.90973 EAN: 9780812240429 ISBN: 0812240421 Label: University of Pennsylvania Press Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: March 05, 2008 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Sales Rank: 241009 Studio: University of Pennsylvania Press Related Items: Rape: Sex, Violence, History MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Edition Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives see more Editorial Review: Product Description: In November 1998, millions of television viewers watched as Thomas Youk died. Suffering from the late stages of Lou Gehrig's disease, Youk had called upon the infamous Michigan pathologist, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to help end his life on his own terms. After delivering the videotaped death to 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was arrested and convicted of manslaughter, despite the fact that Youk's family firmly believed that the ending of his life qualified as a good death. Death is political, as the controversies surrounding Jack Kevorkian and, more recently, Terri Schiavo have shown. While death is a natural event, modern end-of-life experiences are shaped by new medical, demographic, and cultural trends. People who are dying are kept alive, sometimes against their will or the will of their family, with powerful medications, machines, and 'heroic measures.' Current research on end-of-life issues is substantial, involving many fields. Beyond the Good Death takes an anthropological approach, examining the changes in our concept of death over the last several decades. As author James W. Green determines, the attitudes of today's baby boomers differ greatly from those of their parents and grandparents, who spoke politely and in hushed voices of those who had 'passed away.' Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, in the 1960s, gave the public a new language for speaking openly about death with her 'five steps of dying.' If we talked more about death, she emphasized, it would become less fearful for everyone. The term 'good death' reentered the public consciousness as narratives of AIDS, cancer, and other chronic diseases were featured on talk shows and in popular books such as the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie. Green looks at a number of contemporary secular American death practices that are still informed by an ancient religious ethos. Most important, perhaps, Beyond the Good Death provides an interpretation of the ways in which Americans react when death is at hand for themselves or for those they care about. Browse for similar items by category: Bargain Books Audiobooks Biography Business & Investing Calendars