Overview

This is a book dealing with some of the most recent changes and transformations within the realms of death, dying, bereavement and care in contemporary Nordic countries. The book deals with some of the major as well as some of the less conspicuous changes in our cultural and social engagement with the phenomenon of death. Among the themes touched upon are: organ transplantation, death education, communication with the dead, changes in commemorative rituals, mourning practices on the internet, parental responses to children's suicide, death control, practice and ethics of end-of-life care, and the lonely death. The book contains contributions written by researchers and practitioners from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland with professional and academic backgrounds within areas such as sociology, anthropology, religious studies, and palliative care.

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Author:   Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Publisher:   University Press of Southern Denmark
Imprint:   University Press of Southern Denmark
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9788776745950

ISBN 10:   8776745953
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   20 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction; A Revival of Death?: Death, Dying & Bereavement in Contemporary Society; Death & Dying in the Nordic Countries: Three Personal Images; Educated to Death: The Disciplinary & National Development of Death Education: Danish & American Examples, Experiences & Perspectives; Messages from the Otherworld: The Roles of the Dead in Medieval Iceland; Over the Limit: Religious Culture as a Hidden Factor in Negative Decisions on Organ Donation in the Protestant Nordic Countries; Memorialisation: Materialising & Locating Grief & Loss, Anna Petersson; An Existence after Death: Conceptions of Faith as Expressed on Memorial Internet Websites in Norway & Sweden; Lighting Candles as Ritualization of Death, Olaf Aagedal, Chapter 9: Rituals of Death in a Norwegian School Context; Controlling Dying: Physicians Narrating End-of-Life Issues; Inter-Professional Palliative Care: Developing & Outlining Syllabi & Curricula in Educational Programmes in Palliative Care in Denmark; Dying Behind the Scenes of Society: Palliative Care in Alternative Nursing Homes for Socially Vulnerable People; ""All the Lonely People"": Living & Dying Alone in the Shadow of the Danish Welfare State."

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Michael Hviid Jacobsen is Asscoiate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Organisation, University of Aalborg, Denmark.

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