The Troubled Dream of Life: Living with MortalitySimon & Schuster, 1993 - 255 páginas The most eminent expert on medical ethics offers a deeply personal perspective on how we can reap the rewards of modern medicine and be at peace with the idea of our own mortality. Callahan explains how we can live more in harmony with our bodies and be less haunted by the fear of death. |
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... give to me the kind of time I would never , my eye on my watch , readily give to them . They have come to seem to me more supple , wiser , better able to live with themselves and oth- ers , and to live with the bodies that nature gave ...
... give to me the kind of time I would never , my eye on my watch , readily give to them . They have come to seem to me more supple , wiser , better able to live with themselves and oth- ers , and to live with the bodies that nature gave ...
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... give cultural and religious meaning to death , to give it a familiar place in public and private life . We too easily forget the great value of ritual ( and I do not mean just religious ritual ) : that is , the comfort of knowing how to ...
... give cultural and religious meaning to death , to give it a familiar place in public and private life . We too easily forget the great value of ritual ( and I do not mean just religious ritual ) : that is , the comfort of knowing how to ...
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... gives up too much , and the other has too much given him . A similar consideration applies in the case of killings author- ized in the name of mercy : they give one person an absolute power over another . Our right to self ...
... gives up too much , and the other has too much given him . A similar consideration applies in the case of killings author- ized in the name of mercy : they give one person an absolute power over another . Our right to self ...
Índice
Introduction CAN DEATH BE SHAPED TO OUR | 11 |
MASTERING | 23 |
THE RECOVERY | 57 |
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The Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of a Peaceful Death Daniel Callahan Vista previa restringida - 2000 |
The Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of a Peaceful Death Daniel Callahan Vista previa restringida - 2000 |
Términos y frases comunes
accept death advance directives allow assisted suicide become believe biological body bring burden cancer cause of death choice circumstances common condition culture cure D. J. Enright decisions deformed dignity disease doctor effort euthanasia and assisted evil fatal fate fear of death futility goal H. L. A. Hart happen harm human idea ideal illness and death increasingly individual James Rachels judgment killing kind of person less lives loss meaning medical treatment modern medicine monism nature necessary O. B. Hardison ourselves pain and suffering patient Paul Ramsey peaceful death persistent vegetative Philippe Ariès physicians possibility problem process of dying question reality reason relieve suffering response sanctity scientific medicine self-determination sense shape social society someone Stanley Hauerwas stop treatment struggle technological brinkmanship terminal treat understand William Hazlitt wrong York
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