Negotiating Death in Contemporary Health and Social Care (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

Once regarded as taboo, it is now claimed that we are a death-obsessed society. The face of death in the 21st century, brought about by cultural and demographic change and advances in medical technology, presents health and social care practitioners with new challenges and dilemmas. By focusing on predominant patterns of dying; global images of death; shifting boundaries between the public and the private; and cultural pluralism, the author looks at the way death is handled in contemporary society and the sensitive ethical and practical dilemmas facing nurses, social workers, doctors and chaplains. This book brings together perspectives from social science, health-care and pastoral theology to assist the reader in understanding and negotiating this 'new death'. End-of-life care and old age, changing funeral and burial practices, new stigmas such as drug-related bereavements, are highlighted, and theories of dying and bereavement re-examined in their context. The concluding chapters incorporate recent case studies into an exploration of the meanings and shape of holistic and integrated care. Students interested in death studies from a sociological and cultural viewpoint as well as health and social care practitioners, will benefit from its critical appraisal and application of the established knowledge base to contemporary practices and ethical debates.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	November 2007
Authors:	Margaret Holloway
Dimensions:	240 x 172mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84742-015-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84742-015-X
Barcode:	9781847420152

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