Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times (eBook)

Kate Woodthorpe, Liam Foster (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XVIII, 199 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
9781137484901 (ISBN)

Infos

As death rates continue to rise, this collection brings together scholars engaged in policy associated with death to analyse the challenges these trends present. Examining a range of issues including inheritance, palliative care, euthanasia, funeral costs and marginalised deaths, this unique volumes portrays how death factors in social policy.

Linda Bauld, University of Stirling, UK Erica Borgstrom, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Anne Corden, University of York, UK Jodie Croxall, Swansea University, UK Julie Ellis, University of Sheffield, UK Liam Foster, University of Sheffield, UK Bill Noble, Marie Curie Cancer Care, UK Naomi Richards, University of Glasgow, UK Karen Rowlingson, University of Birmingham, UK Julie Rugg, University of York, UK Christine Valentine, University of Bath, UK Michelle Winslow, University of Sheffield, UK Kate Woodthorpe, University of Bath, UK

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The study of death has the capacity to bring together a range of policy areas. Yet death is often overlooked within policy debates in the UK and beyond, and within gerontology. Bringing together a range of scholars engaged in policy associated with death, this collection provides a holistic account of how death factors in social policy. Within this, issues covered include inheritance, palliative care, euthanasia, funeral costs, bereavement support, marginalised deaths and disposal practices. At the heart of the book, the volume recognises that the issues identified are likely to intensify and expand over the next twenty years, as death rates continue to rise.

Autor

Liam Foster is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests focus on funeral provision, pensions and theories of ageing. He is a member of the UK Social Policy Association Executive Committee and forthcoming Managing Editor of Social Policy and Society.Kate Woodthorpe is a Senior Lecturer in sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath, UK. She is a member of the University's Centre for Death and Society and has undertaken research and published on funeral practice and cost, cemetery usage and mortuaries. She is an active member of the British Sociological Association Study Group for the Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement.

Inhalt

1. Introduction Why Death Matters To Policy; Liam Foster; Kate WoodthorpePART I: MANAGING THE END OF LIFE2. Social Policy And Care Of Older People At The End Of Life; Julie Ellis, Michelle Winslow And Bill Noble 3. End Of Life Care Strategy And The Coalition Government; Erica Borgstrom4. Euthanasia And Policy – Choosing When To Die; Naomi RichardsPART II: WHEN DEATH OCCURS5. Funerals – Welfare Policy To The Grave; Liam Foster; Kate Woodthorpe 6. Cost, Choice And Diversity: Policy Issues In Burial And Cremation In England; Julie Rugg7. Marginalised Deaths And Policy; Christine Valentine And Linda BauldPART III: BEYOND THE POINT OF DEATH: THE AFTERMATH8. Bereavement Support In Later Life: An Emerging Social Problem For The 21st Century; Jodie Croxall 9. Bereavement And The Workplace; Anne Corden10. Great Expectations? Wealth, Inheritance And Taxation; Karen Rowlingson 11. Conclusion – Where Do We Go From Here?; Liam Foster; Kate Woodthorpe

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 199 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Bereavement • bereavement support • Care • Death • disposal practices • End of Life • euthanasia • funeral costs • Inequality • Inheritance • marginalised deaths • Palliative Care • Social Policy • Social Science • Sociology
• ISBN-13: 9781137484901 / 9781137484901