Published in association with the Open University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: An Introduction to Death and Dying / Sarah Earle / Carol Komaromy / Caroline Bartholomew -- Pt. I Understanding Death -- 1.Motionless Body / Seymour Fisher -- 2.The Sight and Sound of Death: The Management of Dead Bodies in Residential and Nursing Homes for Older People / Carol Komaromy -- 3.Foucault and the Medicalisation Critique / Deborah Lupton -- 4.End-of-Life Legislation in the United States and the Semiotics of the Female Body / Regis A. DeSilva -- 5.The Dying Soul: Spiritual Care at the End of Life / Mark Cobb -- 6.Death and Religion / David Webster -- 7.Mortality: World Variations in Death and Dying / Cathy E. Lloyd -- Pt. II Caring at the End of Life -- 8.A Social History of Dying / Allan Kellehear -- 9.Quality End-of-Life Cave: A Global Perspective / Peter A. Singer / Kerry W. Bowman -- 10.The State of Dying / Carol Komaromy --

Contents note continued: 11.The End of Life and Implications for Social Work Practice / Mercedes Bern-Klug / Charles Gessert / Sarah Forbes -- 12.Understanding Reproductive Loss: The Moment of Death / Sarah Earle / Carol Komaromy / Pam Foley / Cathy E. Lloyd -- 13.What is the Best Way to Help Caregivers in Cancer and Palliative Care? / Richard Harding / Irene J. Higginson -- 14.Illness and the Creative Arts: A Critical Exploration / Jacqueline H. Watts -- Pt. III Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in Practice -- 15.What is Ethics? / Eve Garrard -- 16.The Role of the Family in Patient Care / Anne-Marie Slowther -- 17.Should Children's Autonomy be Respected by Telling Them of Their Imminent Death? / T. Vince / A. Petros -- 18.Critical Moments: Death and Dying in Intensive Care / Jane E. Seymour -- 19.Brain Death: A Sociological View / Allan Kellehear -- 20.Palliative Care and the Doctrine of Double Effect / Stephen Wilkinson -- Pt. IV Exploring Grief and Ritual After Death --

Contents note continued: 21.Theories of Grief: A Critical Review / Neil Small -- 22.In the Shadow of the Traditional Grave / Leonie Kellaher / David Prendergast / Jenny Hockey -- 23.A Voice Unheard: Grandparents' Grief Over Children Who Died of Cancer / Miri Nehari / Dorit Grebler / Amos Toren -- 24.The Ritual Work of UK Childhood Bereavement Services / Liz Rolls -- 25.Facilitating Bereavement Recovery and Restoring Dignity to the Genocide Victims in Rwanda / Eugenie Mukanoheli -- 26.The Making of Roadside Memorials / Jennifer Clark / Majella Franzmann -- 27.Online Memorialisation / Kylie Veale -- Pt. V Researching Death, Dying and Bereavement -- 28.Key Challenges and Ways Forward in Researching the 'Good Death' / Marilyn Kendall / Fiona Harris / Kirsty Boyd / Aziz Sheikh / Scott A. Murray / Duncan Brown / Ian Mallinson / Nora Kearney / Allison Worth -- 29.Keeping the Personal Costs Down: Minimising Distress When Researching Sensitive Issues / Margo J. Milne / Cathy E. Lloyd --

Contents note continued: 30.The Role of the Qualitative Researcher in Loss and Grief Research / Louise Rowling -- 31.Growing up with HIV: The Experiences of Young People Living with HIV Since Birth in the UK / Judith Dorrell / Sarah Earle / Jeanne Katz / Shirley Reveley -- 32.The Absence of Death and Dying in Intellectual Disability Research / Stuart Todd -- 33.Researching Reproductive Loss / Gayle Letherby -- 34.Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice in Bereavement / Bridging Work Group.