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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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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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