Negotiating Death in Contemporary Health and Social Care

by Margaret Holloway

Book Overview

Once regarded as taboo, it is now claimed that we are a death-obsessed society. The face of death in the 21st century, brought about by cultural and demographic change and advances in medical technology, presents health and social care practitioners with new challenges and dilemmas.By focusing on predominant patterns of dying; global images of death; shifting boundaries between the public and the private; and cultural pluralism, the author looks at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861347227
• ISBN13: 9781861347220
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.6"