Finding Better Ways to Die. Lane Jennings.
by Jennings, Lane; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 72Family. Publisher: Futurist, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Cryonics | Death (Biology) | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Future life | Gene therapy -- Research | Immortality | Mortality | Right to dieDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In just over two centuries, advances in medicine, public health, technology, and communication have transformed not only the Western way of life, but also the ways of dying. As the twenty-first century begins, traditional beliefs and practices regarding how to approach one's own death, how to treat and dispose of human remains, how to express emotion at parting, and how to suitably remember the dead are all being reexamined and often replaced by new options and attitudes." (FUTURIST) The author reviews some new options that "may make death less frightening" and discusses how "foresight and planning might improve our last days."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Finding Better Ways to Die, March/April 2005; pp. 43-47.
"In just over two centuries, advances in medicine, public health, technology, and communication have transformed not only the Western way of life, but also the ways of dying. As the twenty-first century begins, traditional beliefs and practices regarding how to approach one's own death, how to treat and dispose of human remains, how to express emotion at parting, and how to suitably remember the dead are all being reexamined and often replaced by new options and attitudes." (FUTURIST) The author reviews some new options that "may make death less frightening" and discusses how "foresight and planning might improve our last days."
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