Moreno Leguizamon, Carlos J. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-3387, Tovar Restrepo, Marcela and Medina Ch, Ana Maria (2022) Agentic Dying: the global imperative to acknowledge socio-anthropological aspects in Palliative Care Services for all. In: La Placa, Vincent and Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593, (eds.) Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health. Routledge, London, pp. 138-148. ISBN 978-1003128373 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003128373)

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Abstract

This chapter proposes three socio-anthropological arguments to be inbuilt into palliative care. First, pain is a biological condition and a social intersubjective relation (Das, 1995; Kleinman et al., 1997; Djordjevic, 2021). Saunders (2006) reimagined and reconceptualised this complexity as ‘total pain’. Second, modern hospices and homes are not the only locations where people
may die. They can be places where dying is treated more humanely and sympathetically (Sallnow et al., 2022). Third, the concept of agentic dying, based on Castoriadis’ idea of autonomy (1987; 1991; 1992; 1997), opens the space for self reflection about dying processes with the facilitation of health professionals and
institutions, which help reduce suffering. In turn, this enables us to critically reflect upon how, where, and with whom, we wish to die. The United Kingdom (UK) and Colombia are used to illustrate these issues.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	palliative care; agentic dying, end of life care; lapcel; leanring alliance; pictograms
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2023 08:58
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38496

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