Saints’ relics, locks of hair, the laying of flowers: keeping the dead close took many forms in the past. We could learn from them today.
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Imagine this situation: a person has no medical illness but wishes to end his or her life purely because he or she no longer wishes to live. Should they be eligible for euthanasia or assisted suicide?
Online memorial services mean more can mourn.
You need to start thinking about what will happen to your online data when you die.
We use euphemisms about death and dying to soften the blow of the real words, or because we feel awkward being direct. But this can lead to misunderstanding and confusion.
The health of our pensions can ebb and flow with mortality rates, and the latest data has delivered a shock.
More bloodshed lies ahead – but few are taking any notice.
Chuck Berry has died age 90, rightly remembered as the legend who shaped rock and roll. But his misdeeds can’t be ignored in the rush to glorify an icon.
The Oscar-nominated film is pure Hollywood hokum and a lost opportunity.
Australia’s snakes, spiders and other venomous critters tend to strike fear in many people. But is Australia’s reputation as a nation of deadly creatures deserved?
An Australian virtual reality work premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week takes the viewer on a wild ride through space.
Searching for a sensitive route to the practical aftermath of tragedy.
Amid the tribute concerts and outpourings of sadness on the anniversary of Bowie’s death, we should be wary of mythologising him.
Thankfully, defleshing bones has fallen out of fashion.
Nanotechnology may one day help make cryonics possible.
The science of reanimating the dead from deep freeze is one thing. But even if possible, it poses serious social and legal questions.
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.
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.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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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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Associate Professor, University of New England
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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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, 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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Reader in Sociology, University of Bath
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Professor of Property Law and Death Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
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Lecturer of Health Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
