Gerald J Gruman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1003134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald J Gruman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gruman |
| SIGNATURE | GRUMAN G J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life
Beyond Sixty-Five: The Dilemma of Old Age in America's past
Ethics of Death and Dying: Historical Perspective
The ethical dilemmas surrounding dying and death today can be understood more adequately when placed in an historical perspective. The methodology of intellectual history is employed to examine the sequence of cultural stages from prehistory to the contemporary scene, using the concept of the death system (Kastenbaum) as an organizing formulation. It is suggested in conclusion that a modern version of the meliorist ethos can lend support to the o…
An Historical Introduction to Ideas about Voluntary Euthanasia: With a Bibliographic Survey and Guide for Interdisciplinary Studies
This interdisciplinary study defines voluntary euthanasia re transcendent values, and uses a “self-death” concept linking ideas about suicide and euthanasia. Attitudes and beliefs are discussed in detail along an historical perspective, Gothic to present day, and a bibliography is provided for interdisciplinary studies. Since 1945, existentialism has defied death taboos to restate the tragic plight of the individual. Social and clinical changes t…
A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life: The Evolution of Prolongevity Hypotheses to 1800
A History of the Care and Study of the Mentally Retarded. Leo Kanner
Balance" and "Excess" as Gibbon's Explanation of the Decline and Fall
Every reader of the Decline and Fall has noticed how haphazardly Edward scattered his explanatory remarks amid cascades of glittering narrative prose. And every student has been dismayed by the apparent contradictions between the causative factors cited in one chapter and those he gave in another. It is not surprising that even such scholarly commentators as Low, Robertson and Morison concluded that did not have any overall pattern of interpretat…
Notes & Correspondence
The Biology of Senescence. Alex Comfort
A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life: The Evolution of Prolongevity Hypotheses to 1800
Balance" and "Excess" as Gibbon's Explanation of the Decline and Fall
Every reader of the Decline and Fall has noticed how haphazardly Edward scattered his explanatory remarks amid cascades of glittering narrative prose. And every student has been dismayed by the apparent contradictions between the causative factors cited in one chapter and those he gave in another. It is not surprising that even such scholarly commentators as Low, Robertson and Morison concluded that did not have any overall pattern of interpretat…
Notes & Correspondence
The Biology of Senescence. Alex Comfort
Balance" and "Excess" as Gibbon's Explanation of the Decline and Fall
Every reader of the Decline and Fall has noticed how haphazardly Edward scattered his explanatory remarks amid cascades of glittering narrative prose. And every student has been dismayed by the apparent contradictions between the causative factors cited in one chapter and those he gave in another. It is not surprising that even such scholarly commentators as Low, Robertson and Morison concluded that did not have any overall pattern of interpretat…
A History of the Care and Study of the Mentally Retarded. Leo Kanner
A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life: The Evolution of Prolongevity Hypotheses to 1800
An Historical Introduction to Ideas about Voluntary Euthanasia: With a Bibliographic Survey and Guide for Interdisciplinary Studies
This interdisciplinary study defines voluntary euthanasia re transcendent values, and uses a “self-death” concept linking ideas about suicide and euthanasia. Attitudes and beliefs are discussed in detail along an historical perspective, Gothic to present day, and a bibliography is provided for interdisciplinary studies. Since 1945, existentialism has defied death taboos to restate the tragic plight of the individual. Social and clinical changes t…
Ethics of Death and Dying: Historical Perspective
The ethical dilemmas surrounding dying and death today can be understood more adequately when placed in an historical perspective. The methodology of intellectual history is employed to examine the sequence of cultural stages from prehistory to the contemporary scene, using the concept of the death system (Kastenbaum) as an organizing formulation. It is suggested in conclusion that a modern version of the meliorist ethos can lend support to the o…
Beyond Sixty-Five: The Dilemma of Old Age in America's past
A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life
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