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Death and Dying: A Reader (Published in association with The Open University) [Paperback]

Sarah Earle , Carol Komaromy , Caroline Bartholomew
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING DEATH
Introduction - Carol Komaromy
Motionless Body - Seymour Fisher
The Sight and Sound of Death: The Management of Dead Bodies in Residential and Nursing Homes for Older People - Carol Komaromy
Foucault and the Medicalization Critique - Deborah Lupton
Death and the Maiden: End-of-Life Policy in the USA - Regis A Desilva
The Dying Soul: Spiritual Care at the End of Life - Mark Cobb
Death and Religion - David Webster
Mortality: World Variations in Death and Dying - Cathy E Lloyd
PART TWO: CARING AT THE END OF LIFE
Introduction - Sarah Earle
A Social History of Dying - Allan Kellehear
Quality End-of-Life Care: A Global Perspective - Peter A Singer and Kerry W Bowman
The State of Dying - Carol Komaromy
The End-of-Life and Implications for Social Work Practice - Mercedes Bern-Klug, Charles Gessert and Sarah Forbes
Understanding Reproductive Loss: The Moment of Death - Sarah Earle et al
What Is the Best Way to Help Caregivers in Cancer and Palliative Care? - Richard Harding and Irene J Higginson
Illness and the Creative Arts: A Critical Exploration - Jacqueline H Watts
PART THREE: MORAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN PRACTICE
Introduction - Mary Twomey
What Is Ethics? - Eve Garrard
The Role of the Family in Patient Care - Anne-Marie Slowther
Should Children's Autonomy Be Respected by Telling Them of Their Imminent Death? - T Vince and A Petros
Critical Moments: Death and Dying in Intensive Care - Jane E Seymour
Brain Death: A Sociological View - Allan Kellehear
Palliative Care and the Doctrine of Double Effect - Stephen Wilkinson
PART FOUR: EXPLORING GRIEF AND RITUAL AFTER DEATH
Introduction - Sarah Earle
Theories of Grief: A Critical Review - Neil Small
In the Shadow of the Traditional Grave - Leonie Kellaher, David Prendergast and Jenny Hockey
A Voice Unheard: Grandparents' Grief over Children Who Died of Cancer - Miri Nehari, Dorit Grebler and Amos Toren
The Ritual Work of UK Childhood Bereavement Services - Liz Rolls
Facilitating Bereavement Recovery and Restoring Dignity to the Genocide Victims in Rwanda - Eugénie Mukanoheli
The Making of Roadside Memorials - Jennifer Clark and Majella Franzman
Online Memorialization - Kylie Veale
PART FIVE: RESEARCHING DEATH AND DYING
Introduction - Sarah Earle
Key Challenges and Ways forward in Researching the 'Good Death' - Marilyn Kendall et al
Keeping the Personal Costs down: Minimizing Distress When Researching Sensitive Issues - Margo J Milne and Cathy E Lloyd
The Role of the Qualitative Researcher in Loss and Grief Research - Louise Rowling
Growing up with HIV: The Experiences of Young People Living with HIV since Birth in the UK - Judith Dorrell et al
The Absence of Death and Dying in Intellectual Disability Research - Stuart Todd
Researching Reproductive Loss - Gayle Letherby
Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice in Bereavement - Bridging Work Group

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