The Socio-Political Debate of Dying Today in the United Kingdom and New Zealand: ‘Letting Go’ of the Biomedical Model of Care in Order to Develop a Contemporary Ars Moriendi

Death is a reality of life. Despite this inevitability, death today remains unwelcome and has been sequestered into the enclaves of medical practice as a means of quelling the rising tide of fear it provokes. Medical practice currently maintains power over the dying individual, actualised through th...

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Main Authors: Rhona Winnington, Eleanor Holroyd, Shelaine Zambas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/65