Good and bad death: Introduction

Introduces a collection of papers on the crosscultural variation in patterns of disease, demographic factors and cultural norms that influence the experience of death, dying and grieving. The idea for the collection arose from a workshop in the Netherlands in November 2000 on the same subject, parti...

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Published inSocial science & medicine (1982) Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 883 - 885
Main Authors Seale, Clive, van der Geest, Sjaak
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2004
Elsevier
SeriesSocial Science & Medicine
Subjects
Anthropology, Cultural
Attitude to Death - ethnology
Crossnational studies
Cultural aspects
Good death concept
Humans
Palliative Care
Religion and Psychology
Sociology, Medical
Thanatology
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ISSN0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.034

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Summary:Introduces a collection of papers on the crosscultural variation in patterns of disease, demographic factors and cultural norms that influence the experience of death, dying and grieving. The idea for the collection arose from a workshop in the Netherlands in November 2000 on the same subject, participants at which included medical and other health sector workers, sociologists, anthropologists, epidemiologists and others. The essays in this collection strongly suggest that variations in the perception of good and bad death are not just freely chosen cultural differences but should be understood also in their structural, political and economic context. (Quotes from original text)
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ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.034