Introduction Clark (2002) summarizes the challenges for palliative care as 'The challenge for
palliative physicians is no different to that facing their counterparts elsewhere in medicine …

This essay explores the tensions between social work as a clinical and evidence-based
profession or a political and emancipatory practice. It utilises personal reflection and a …

Grief can encompass many types of loss, such as losing a job, moving to a new state, or
changing careers, and it can affect socioemotional, behavioral, and physical aspects of daily …

Living with a serious illness, accompanying someone who is dying, and grieving for
someone are all experiences that are too often seen as negative events, or at least highly …

Loss is a universal human experience and yet little is known about individuals' experiences
of loss and subsequent grief while continuing to work. Grief is considered an emotional …

Background: Caring and bereavement in the context of life-limiting illness has been
associated with a myriad of challenges for informal carers that may precipitate social welfare …

There were 218 million one-child families in China in 2013 because of the one-child policy
(OCP). The OCP has disrupted demographic patterns and created numerous issues for …

Wstęp: Celem niniejszej pracy jest zbadanie właściwości psychometrycznych polskiej edycji
kwestionariusza skali profesjonalnej jakości życia wersji 5 (ProQOL 5–PL) oraz diagnoza …

The death-positive movement, the most recent manifestation of the death awareness
movement, contends that modern society is suffering from a “death taboo” and that people …

My research is located in my community in Gawler, South Australia and positioned in the
research fields of death and extinction studies. My original contribution to knowledge is to …