You've more than likely heard of birth doulas. But nowadays, death doulas are providing support at the end of life. How they fit into existing structures of care remains to be understood.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Death
Displaying 1 - 20 of 187 articles
People who are more open-minded seem to be less bothered about closure.
Some people can will themselves to death. Here are the five stages.
It's important to make genuine room for children in discussions about death, ritual planning and meaning-making.
With fall almost upon us, there's a lot we can learn from the changing season.
Little thought has been accorded to the way in which political and bureaucratic actors prioritise certain lives over others in their (non) decision-making.
More than 16 million people lost their lives in world war one. Over a century later, we are still asking – for what?
Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.
An analysis of obituaries for Islamic State and Australian soldiers shows some alarming similarities, not the least of which is the idea that their deaths should be given meaning by further conflict.
The story highlights complex barriers to support after a sudden death or suicide.
In remote Northern Territory, most Aboriginal people have been buried in unmarked graves. Archaelogists are carrying out painstaking detective work to help communities find their loved ones' remains.
Why it's okay to use social media to mourn.
Everyone dies, so why are so many people still afraid to talk about it?
Different cultural groups respond with numerous, often conflicting, answers to questions about life after death. An expert explains the Christian idea of heaven.
Excavations on the site of Rome's greatest natural disaster can tell us a lot about attitudes to death.
Official reports state that just 64 people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. The latest estimates put the real number at 4,645. How did the count go so wrong?
There's a disturbing disconnect between the polite etiquette of arms fairs and the hell that their products create.
When it comes to death, children's imagination can sometimes be scarier than reality.
Protesters have urged a boycott of Sydney's current Real Bodies exhibition, over claims that it could display remains of executed Chinese political prisoners.
From genes to wounds, science is making it easier to establish the order of events in criminal cases.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Death Studies, University of Bath
-
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University
-
Senior Lecturer, Music Industry, RMIT University
-
Research Fellow, Coventry University
-
Senior Lecturer, University of York
-
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
-
Senior Specialist in Intensive Care and Head of Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law, University of Newcastle
-
Professor of Law and Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
-
Interdisciplinary Professor of Digital Living, University of Dundee
-
Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
-
Associate Professor of Medicine, Deakin University
-
Senior lecturer, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast
-
Emeritus professor, Flinders University
-
Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
-
Lecturer in Palliative Care, Flinders University
