On Death without Dignity

The Human Impact of Technological Dying

Bibliographic Data

ID11089608
AuthorsMary‐jo Delvecchio Good (corresponding author), Mary-Jo D Good, David Wendell Moller
Year1992
Volume21
Issue3
Pages399
Publication date1992-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2076326
OpenAlexW2034089657
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Candidly written, On Death Without Dignity: The Human Impact of Technological Dying, attempts to re-humanize the inevitable biological occurrence called dying. It is Moller's view that through the advancement of medicalized technology, has come the demise of the contemporary dying process. The oncological death is reflected as failure in the part of modern medicine, the physician, and the hospital; yet the patient experiences alienation, stigma, helplessness, and normlessness. Yet as a culture the current societal approach to the dying-silent avoidance-only adds to this alienation. Society has failed to provide the necessary rules for this universal, social, and biological event

Death with dignity · Dignity · Environmental ethics · Political science · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Philosophy

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