📗 Libro en inglés DOING DIGNITY

Explores human dignity and care in the face of disease and disability Complex contemporary experiences with disease death and disability in the United States have made the concept of human dignity seem outdated In Doing Dignity Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care Christa Teston challenges conventional notions of dignity and based on analyses of clinical observations interviews and focus groups encourages a new understanding of care This thought provoking book presents a practice based approach to human dignity through three compelling case studies US health care professionals COVID 19 caretaking experiences legislative debates about medical aid in dying and clinical interactions between wheelchair users and health care professionals Teston demonstrates how dignity is not an abstract idea but rather is a set of practices embedded in the politics and complexities of care Drawing from feminist care ethics rhetorical theory disability studies and critical Black studies Doing Dignity offers a fresh perspective on the moral underpinnings of modern day medicine Teston explores how health care professionals enact dignity despite the challenges of market based medicine the commodification of care and shifting societal discourse on disease dying and