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245	0	4	_aThe evening of life : _bthe challenges of aging and dying well / _cedited by Joseph E. Davis and Paul Scherz.
264		1	_aNotre Dame, Indiana : _bUniversity of Notre Dame Press, _c[2020]
300			_aviii, 205 pages : _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAlthough philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is frequently seen as a problem to be solved and death as a harsh reality to be masked. In part, our cultural confusion is rooted in an inadequate conception of the human person, which is based on a notion of absolute individual autonomy that cannot but fail in the face of the dependency that comes with aging and decline at the end of life. To help correct the ethical impoverishment at the root of our contemporary social confusion, The Evening of Life provides an interdisciplinary examination of the challenges of aging and dying well. It calls for a re-envisioning of cultural concepts, practices, and virtues that embraces decline, dependency, and finitude rather than stigmatizes them. Bringing together the work of sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, this collection of essays develops an interrelated set of conceptual tools to discuss the current challenges posed to aging and dying well, such as flourishing, temporality, narrative, and friendship. Above all, it proposes a positive understanding of thriving in old age that is rooted in our shared vulnerability as human beings. It also suggests how some of these tools and concepts can be deployed to create a medical system that better responds to our contemporary needs. The Evening of Life will interest bioethicists, medical practitioners, clinicians, and others involved in the care of the aging and dying.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aAging _9484
650		0	_aDeath _9272
650		0	_aQuality of life _9485
700	1		_aDavis, Joseph E., _eeditor _9486
700	1		_aScherz, Paul J., _eeditor _9487
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