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Although ‘Game of Thrones’ -style funeral pyres are still out of bounds, Americans are increasingly turning to cheaper, greener and more meaningful ways to dispose of their loved ones’ bodies.
Stillbirth deeply and profoundly affects parents and families. Here are five actions in response to this hidden tragedy.
Teaching students to care for the dying requires specific skills that the student may not encounter in their ordinary clinical teaching.
The unexpected death of a loved one is a traumatic experience. It’s important to identify high risk individuals to provide counselling and social support.
The assisted dying bill in Victoria – complex and significant – is engendering less heated debate than marriage equality although both tap into some of our most fundamental fears and motivations.
The High Court ruled that Brady won’t be buried in the way he wanted because of his crimes in life.
Every single pregnancy matters. It is time to end preventable harm.
More than 2,000 Canadians have chosen medical assistance in dying (MAID) since legalization in 2016. But palliative care doctors aren’t embracing assisted suicide as part of their job.
The Victorian law provides if a child has made a valid advance directive including instructions to refuse a particular medical treatment, a health practitioner must not provide that treatment.
For centuries, in Western societies, ‘euthanasia’ referred to a pious death, blessed by God. The pain that could accompany dying was seen as ultimately redemptive.
There are some myths about dying that perhaps unexpectedly harm the dying person and deserve scrutiny.
Millions of people are affected by death and dying – but politicians don’t want to talk about it.
Nobody questions a child’s right to be cared for. Why don’t the elderly enjoy the same expectation?
We’ve come a long way since the dark days of grave robbing to provide bodies for dissection. Now, there are ceremonies and memorials to honour people who have donated their body to science.
It is possible to turn a fear of death into a motivational tool.
To succumb to conspiracy is to be human.
For the British press, the car crash that killed the Diana rewrote the rules on reporting celebrity deaths.
From spontaneous mass singing after a terror attack to Irish laments, music reflects the painful, complex and laborious task of mourning.
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.
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
