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Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, And Technological Changes Have Led To Profound Transformation In The Ways That Death And Loss Are Perceived And Managed In Contemporary Society. Over The Last Few Decades, The Long-term Shift To Chronic Illness As A Major Causal Factor Has Significantly Increased The Timescale Of Dying. Most People Die In Institutions And 'care' Is Typically Medical. Many Communities And Ordinary Citizens Now Relinquish Control And Involvement To Experts In The Last Stages Of Life. At Global And Local Levels, However, New Institutional Arrangements Are Emerging To Govern The Changing Face Of Death, And A Reorientation Model Is Being Developed To Counter Claims Of The 'creeping Medicalization' Of Death And Dying. With An International Authorship And Scope, The Book Illustrates The Interlinking Nature Of Society, Death, And Loss, And The Increasing Need For The Involvement Of Ordinary People And Communities In Differing Social And Cultural Contexts. Chapters Come From Collaborations Of Academics And Practitioners In End-of-life Care--from Sociologists And Anthropologists And Those In The Arts, Nursing, Social Work, And Medicine. The Result Is A Reflective, Acade

Author

Stephen Conway

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199586172

Subjects

Gender Studies, Medical, Medicine