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As television has become more nuanced, death depicted in fictional programs has begun to replicate the complexity of ‘real’ loss in our lives.
Even in death, a tree helps others live.
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 led to civilian death and displacement. Twenty years later, Iraqis are telling their stories of conflict and trauma as they move towards healing.
On at Cape Town Pride, Melanie Chait’s documentary is about her life partner Nancy Diuguid.
Death is a process, not an event and some steps appear to be reversible.
Since 2016, Canada’s practice of offering MAID has followed a trajectory of ever-expanding eligibility. The ultimate expansion would make MAID available to anyone who wanted it, for any reason.
From Bali to China, Italy to India, the way people grieve varies greatly across the world.
A romance writer’s bizarre fake death has gone viral. That her being alive stayed undetected for 2.5 years reminds us that our online and published personas are still separate from real life.
How Prince Harry using a psychic to contact his dead mother, Princess Diana, isn’t that unusual.
Children and the adults they become need to choose how they grieve. That may include sharing their experiences and getting angry.
Forget the tech tycoons’ pursuit of immortality: a life without limit can produce only a stagnant pond.
A bear eats a teenager, and inherits his memories. An ageing woman writer buys a tower of her own – where she reimagines the crone from Rapunzel. Two inventive new books resonate with our reviewer.
The death of a pet can be a deeply painful experience. But acknowledging the way pet grief is different can help people find consolation.
The oldest person in the world, Kane Tanaka of Japan, died in April 2022 at 119 years. The record of Jeanne Calment of France, who died at 122, has stood for almost 25 years. Will it be beaten?
When someone dies young, the grieving process can be more complicated.
Views on death and the afterlife vary from person to person and culture to culture. This course gives US Air Force cadets a broad perspective on mortality and its effects on people and society.
Research shows people can undergo transformational experiences when they grieve.
In the 19th century, ‘old age’ was once a leading cause of death, alongside the vague description ‘found dead’.
The death of the Queen may turn people’s minds to the loss of their own grandparents, or how the younger royals will cope.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, University of New England
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Lecturer of Health Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Sociology, University of Bath
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer, Criminology, University of York
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Property Law and Death Studies, Queen's University Belfast
