What do we owe the newly dead? An ethical analysis of findings from Japan's corpse hotels workers

While people are still alive, we owe them respect. Yet what, if anything, do we owe the newly dead? This question is an urgent practical concern for aged societies, because older people die at higher rates than any other age group. One novel way in which Japan, the frontrunner of aged societies, mee...

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Authors: Jecker, Nancy S. (Author) ; Miwa, Eriko (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 6, Pages: 691-698
IxTheo Classification:KBM Asia
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B aging society
B global bioethics
B Ethics
B good death
B duties to the dead
B Japan
B intergenerational relationships
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