ISBN:
9783030927585
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Death-Social aspects
;
Death-Great Britain
;
Death
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- The Covid-19 Pandemic -- No One Should Die Alone -- The Background -- Outline of the Book -- References -- 2: How Can We Know and Think About Dying Alone? -- The Empirical Work -- Methodology -- Study 1: Exploring Perspectives on Dying Alone: A Pilot Study of Sociological Autopsy as Research Methodology -- Overview of Phase 1 Findings -- Sociological Autopsy -- Overview of Phase 2 Findings -- Focus Group and Interviews with Hospice at Home Workers -- Interviews with Older People Living Alone -- Research Study 2: Exploring the Social Management of Lone Deaths -- Research Methods -- Case Studies -- Interviews and Observations -- Overview of Findings -- Case Studies -- Professional Interviews -- Observations -- Research Study 3: Exploring Social Understandings of Time of Death -- Methods and Recruitment -- Overview of Findings -- Ethics and Researching Dying and Death -- Theoretical Background -- Reflexive Individuality -- Expert Systems -- Going It Alone? -- Self-styled Life -- Self-styled Death -- Using Theory Throughout the Book -- References -- 3: Dying in the United Kingdom: Context -- Introduction -- Dying in the United Kingdom -- Expert Systems -- Expert Systems: Dying -- The Covid-19 Pandemic -- Expert Systems: Post-death -- Regulatory Systems -- Office of Coroner -- Local Authorities' Role -- Post-death Care -- Funeral Directors -- Funeral Officiants -- A Good Death, or Dying Well -- A Bad Death -- A Death Suited to the Individual -- References -- 4: How Do People Know That They Should Not Die Alone? -- Introduction -- Outline of Chapter -- Cultural Scripts -- Socialisation -- Cultural Representations -- The Deathbed Scene -- Media Representations -- Documentaries -- Images of Dying -- Novels -- Modern Fiction.
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