ISBN:
8776745953
,
9788776745950
Language:
English
Pages:
335 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
Series Statement:
University of Southern Denmark studies in history and social sciences 457
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Death Congresses Social aspects
;
Bereavement Congresses
;
Mourning customs Congresses
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies Congresses
;
Care of the sick Congresses
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Nordische Staaten
;
Tod
;
Bestattungsritus
;
Nordische Staaten
;
Tod
;
Bestattungsritus
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references
Note:
Introduction : the cultural construction and deconstruction of death : changing cultures of death, dying, bereavement and care in the Nordic countries
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Changing cultural, social and professional contexts of death and dyingA revival of death? : death, dying and bereavement in contemporary society
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Death and dying in the Nordic countries : three personal images
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Educated to death : the disciplinary and national development of 'Death education' : Danish and American examples, experiences and perspectives
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Messages from the otherworld : the roles of the dead in Medieval Iceland
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Over the limit : religious culture as a hidden factor in negative decisions on organ donation in the protestant Nordic countries
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Changing mourning rituals and memorial culturesMemorialisation : materialising and locating grief and loss
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An existence after death : conceptions of faith as expressed on memorial internet websites in Norway and Sweden
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Lighting candles as ritualization of death
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Rituals of death in a Norwegian school context
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Changing contexts and conceptions of care, compassion and communityControlling dying : physicians narrating end-of-life issues
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Inter-professional palliative care : developing and outlining syllabi and curricula in educational programmes in palliative care in Denmark
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Dying behind the scenes of society : palliative care in alternative nursing homes for socially vulnerable people
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"All the lonely people" : living and dying alone in the shadow of the Danish welfare state
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Two faces of death : 'Good' and 'Bad' deaths in contemporary palliative care
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List of contributors.
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