Death Rites and Rights
Death has diverse religious, social, legal, and medical aspects, and is one of the main areas in which medicine and the law intersect. Nations are judged by how they deal with or cause death, and what meaning they attach to mourning rites. Mourning rites, in particular, have become a focus for national attention in the UK, whether in response to the sudden death of Diana, Princess of Wales; the quiet curiosity shown to the death of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; or the mass laying of fields of flowers following the July 7 bombings in 2005. What is the meaning of death in contemporary Britain and in other cultures, and how has it changed over ti…
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Weitere Autoren: Ebtehaj, Fatemeh (Hrsg.) / Herring, Jonathan (Hrsg.) / Johnson M.A., PhD., F.R.C.O.G., Martin (Hrsg.) / Richards, Martin (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84113-732-2
- EAN: 9781841137322
- Produktnummer: 19854962
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 322 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 502 g
- Gewicht: 502
Über den Autor
Belinda Brooks-Gordon is a Reader in Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London.Fatemeh Ebtehaj is associate member of the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge. Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. Martin Johnson is Professor of Reproductive Sciences in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College.Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge.
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