Older People’s Discourses About Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Foucauldian Exploration
Author(s) -
Carolien Lamers,
Rebecca R. Williams
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnv102
Subject(s) - medicalization , slippery slope , assisted suicide , power (physics) , dignity , discourse analysis , subjectification , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , critical discourse analysis , right to die , death with dignity , social psychology , psychology , gender studies , political science , law , politics , psychiatry , ideology , computer science , programming language , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This study aims to contribute an alternative understanding of the position of older people in the euthanasia and assisted suicide (EU/AS) debate.
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