Spirit Ambulance

The Spirit Ambulance is a journey into decision-making at the end of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks, from a rapidly developing universal medical system, to national and global human-rights politics, to contemporary movements in Buddhist metaphysics. Scott Stonington’s gripping ethnography documents how Thai families attempt to pay back a “debt of life” to their elders through intensive medical care, followed by a medically assisted rush from the hospital to home to ensure a spiritually advantageous last breath. The result is a powerful exploration of the nature of death and the complexities arising from the globalization of biomedical expertise and ethics around the world.
 

Ambulanta Spirit este o calatorie spre luarea deciziilor la sfarsitul vietii in Thailanda, unde familiile incearca sa creeze morti bune pentru batranii lor in fata cadrelor etice care se ciocnesc, de la un sistem medical universal in curs de dezvoltare rapida, la omul national si global. politica drepturilor, la miscarile contemporane in metafizica budista.