Death, Dying and Loss in the 21st Century

Contents......Page 3
Editorial......Page 4
The mismanagement of dying......Page 5
Death and the body beautiful: Aesthetics and embodiment in press portrayals of requested death in Australia on the edge of the 21st century......Page 16
Avoiding death: The ultimate challenge in the provision of contemporary healthcare?......Page 29
Practical bereavement......Page 37
Death and mourning in technologically mediated culture......Page 47
Whatever happened to social class? An examination of the neglect of working class cultures in the sociology of death......Page 57
Closing in on death? Reflections on research and researchers in the field of death and dying......Page 68
Talking with Angel About Illness, Death and Survival......Page 79
Bodies at Risk: An ethnography of heart disease......Page 80
Xenotransplantation: Law and ethics......Page 82