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