When Facebook accidentally listed millions of users as “dead” in an embarrassing glitch it was a reminder that everyone needs to plan for their own digital death.
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There’s a problematic bias in the way that assisted suicide is portrayed in the media.
It’s uncertain whether we’ll ever be able to bring cryogenically frozen people back to life. Should we even try?
Proponents of assisted suicide, such as emeritus archbishop Desmond Tutu, argue that as people have the right to live with dignity, they also have the right to die with dignity.
In 1997, Joe Cinque was killed by his girlfriend Anu Singh. A new film about his death is riveting Australian cinema, with a heightened sense of tension and implicit violence throughout.
The lack of suicide training provided in nursing programmes can leave nurses feeling like there is a risk of further harm to the patient.
Sugar and saturated fat aren’t ‘evil’ and kale and avocado aren’t ‘good’.
A failure to innovate could mean the death of the traditional industry.
A recent study suggesting that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. made headlines. But the methods researchers used to draw this conclusion are flawed.
Around 15,000 Parisians died in the August 2003 heatwave. So what lessons have been learned?
Stand-up comedians die two to three years younger than comedic and dramatic actors. And the funnier they are judged to be, the greater their risk of dying.
Two experts in political rhetoric explain how one candidate has used rhetorical devices like framing and ‘argumentum in terrorem’ to stoke fear and attract voters since the Orlando nightclub shooting.
From the basics of corpse disposal to why your wishes don’t actually count.
Putting the unsayable into words makes it easier to bear, for both the writers and those reading them.
Death rituals help us to cope with loss and perhaps even feelings of guilt associated with disposing of a corpse.
Diabetes is a leading cause of death as well as of heart attacks, strokes, amputations, kidney failure, depression and severe infections – all of which themselves contribute to premature death.
For those on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Artists, their life expectancy is on par with the people of Chad, the nation with the lowest life expectancy in the world.
The boxer’s death follows hard on the heels of David Bowie and Prince. The world is losing global icons and learning how to grieve using new and democratic tools.
It is rare to hear from people in their tenth or eleventh decade but their voices are crucial to shaping end-of-life care services.
Palliative care should be a time of shared care; when the doctor continues treating their patient’s disease while symptom control and preparation for death track alongside.
Principais colaboradores
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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
