Governing Death: Organizing End-of-life Situations

This paper examines the organization of death. Through an ethnographic study, we examine how a geriatrics department guides the end of life. Drawing on Agamben, we show that organizations that are dedicated to life, but regularly confronted with death, develop dispositifs (mechanisms, technologies,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Organization studies 2020-04, Vol.41 (4), p.523-542
Hauptverfasser:	Le Theule, Marie-Astrid, Lambert, Caroline, Morales, Jérémy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Business administration Death & dying End of life decisions Ethnography Humanities and Social Sciences Meaning Organization studies Power Quality of life
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