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A ReaderExplores the meaning of death, and considers caring at the end-of-life. This book also explores the moral and ethical dilemmas in the context of death and dying. It examines the issue of grief and ritual after death, and considers some of the issues that arise when researching in the field of death and dying.PART I: UNDERSTANDING DEATH Introduction - Carol Komaromy Motionless Body - Seymour Fisher The Sight and Sound Of Death: The Management of Dead Bodies in Residential and Nursing Homes for Older People - Carol Komaromy Foucault and the Medicalisation Critique - Deborah Lupton Death and the Maiden: End-Of-Life Policy in the USA - Regis A. Desilva The Dying Soul: Spiritual Care at the End of Life - Mark Cobb Death and Religion - David Webster Mortality: World Variations In Death And Dying - Cathy E. Lloyd PART II: CARING AT THE END-OF-LIFE Introduction - Sarah Earle A Social History of Dying - Allan Kellehear Quality End-Of-Life Care: A Global Perspective - Peter A. Singer and Kerry W. Bowman The State of Dying - Carol Komaromy The End-Of-Life and Implications for Social Work Practice - Mercedes Bern-Klug, Charles Gessert and Sarah Forbes Understanding Reproductive Loss: The Moment of Death - Sarah Earle, Carol Komaromy, Pam Foley and Cathy E. Lloyd What Is The Best Way To Help Caregivers In Cancer And Palliative Care? - Richard Harding and Irene J. Higginson Illness and the Creative Arts: A Critical Exploration - Jacqueline H. Watts PART III: MORAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN PRACTICE Introduction - Mary Twomey What Is Ethics? - Eve Garrard The Role of the Family In Patient Care - Anne-Marie Slowther Should Children's Autonomy Be Respected by Telling Them of Their Imminent Death? - T. Vince and A. Petros Critical Moments: Death and Dying In Intensive Care - Jane E. Seymour Brain Death: A Sociological View - Allan Kellehear Palliative Care and the Doctrine of Double Effect - Stephen Wilkinson PART IV: EXPLORING GRIEF AND RITUAL AFTER DEATH Introduction - Sarah Earle Theories of Grief: A Critical Review - Neil Small In The Shadow of the Traditional Grave - Leonie Kellaher, David Prendergast and Jenny Hockey A Voice Unheard: Grandparents' Grief over Children Who Died Of Cancer - Miri Nehari, Dorit Grebler and Amos Toren The Ritual Work of UK Childhood Bereavement Services - Liz Rolls Facilitating Bereavement Recovery and Restoring Dignity to the Genocide Victims In Rwanda - Eugenie Mukanoheli The Making of Roadside Memorials - Jennifer Clark And Majella Franzman Online Memorialisation - Kylie Veale PART V: RESEARCHING DEATH AND DYING Introduction - Sarah Earle Key Challenges and Ways Forward In Researching the 'Good Death' - Marilyn Kendall, Fiona Harris, Kirsty Boyd, Aziz Sheikh, Scott A Murray, Duncan Brown, Ian Mallinson, Nora Kearney And Allison Worth Keeping the Personal Costs Down: Minimising Distress When Researching Sensitive Issues - Margo J. Milne and Cathy E. Lloyd The Role of the Qualitative Researcher in Loss and Grief Research - Louise Rowling Growing Up With HIV: The Experiences of Young People Living With HIV Since Birth In The UK - Judith Dorrell, Sarah Earle, Jeanne Katz and Shirley Reveley The Absence of Death and Dying in Intellectual Disability Research - Stuart Todd Researching Reproductive Loss - Gayle Letherby Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice in Bereavement - Bridging Work Group