Introduction In the field of health, numerous frameworks have emerged that advance
understandings of the differential impacts of health policies to produce inclusive and socially …

In everyday life we are not, for the most part, actively conscious of our bodies or the bodies
of others–we simply take them for granted. This new edition of a lively introduction to the …

Background: Parity of esteem means that end-of-life care for people with severe mental
illness should be of equal quality to that experienced by all. Aim: To synthesise international …

This article presents an action research study that explores how a fifth-grade classroom of
10-to 11-year-old children in Cyprus perceive the concepts of grief and grieving, after an …

Worldwide, more than 50 million people die each year and it is estimated on the basis of the
conditions leading to death that up to 60% of them could benefit from some form of palliative …

Contemporary society has grown seemingly detached from the realities of growing old and
subsequently, dying. A consequence, perhaps, of death becoming increasingly …

This study explored how elderly people living in the community perceive issues around
death, dying, and the end of life using a qualitative grounded theory approach. Forty …

Postmortem photography is a widespread practice in perinatal bereavement care, yet few
studies have explored how it affects bereaved parents, or how it might be received by …

Suicide research relies heavily on accounts provided by bereaved relatives, using a method
known as the psychological autopsy. Psychological autopsy studies are invariably …

The Sociology of Healthcare, Second Edition explores the impact of current social changes
on health, illness and healthcare, and provides an overview of the fundamental concerns in …