| Description |
1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Dealing with Death: A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law: Second Edition -- Contents -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Part 1. Legal and Technical Aspects -- Chapter 1. Customs and Laws -- Chapter 2. Medical Certification of Cause of Death -- Chapter 3. Registration of Death -- Chapter 4. Coroners and Coroner's Inquiries -- Chapter 5. Fetal Loss, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death and Sudden Death in Infancy -- Chapter 6. The Autopsy and Mortuary Practice -- Chapter 7. Funeral Direction and Disposal by Burial -- Chapter 8. Disposal by Cremation -- Chapter 9. Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation -- Chapter 10. The Law and Practice of Exhumation -- Part 2: Considerations for the Living, Care of the Dying, and Death with Dignity -- Chapter 12. Palliative Care -- Chapter 13. Medico-legal Issues at the End of Life -- Chapter 14. Last Offices -- Chapter 15. Bereavement -- Chapter 16. The Control of Infection in Life and in Death -- Part 3: Religious, Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Dying and Death -- Chapter 17. Christianity and the Sacraments -- Chapter 18. The Anglican Church (The Church in Wales, the Church in Ireland, the Episcopalian Church in Scotland) -- Chapter 19. The Roman Catholic Church -- Chapter 20. Free Churches and Other Churches -- Chapter 21. Jehovah's Witnesses -- Chapter 22. The Mormon Church -- Chapter 23. Christian Science -- Chapter 24. The African-Caribbean Community -- Chapter 25. Rastafarianism -- Chapter 26. The Jewish Faith -- Chapter 27. Buddhism -- Chapter 28 The Baha'i Faith -- Chapter 29. Islam -- Chapter 30. Hinduism -- Chapter 31. Sikhism -- Chapter 32. Zoroastrians (Parsees) -- Chapter 33. The Chinese Community -- Chapter 34. The Japanese Community -- Chapter 35. HIV/AIDS -- APPENDIX A. ORGANISATIONS WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER HELP WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DYING AND DEATH -- APPENDIX B. SOURCES OF ADVICE ON FORENSIC PATHOLOGY -- APPENDIX C. FURTHER READING -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Last Page |
| Summary |
'This handbook forms a very comprehensive study of dealing with death, which will be of use to all those involved in end of life care.'. - Lucy Sutton, National Council for Palliative Care. Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account the recent changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. Clear guidance is provided on all the legal, t |
| Notes |
Previous edition: London: Chapman & Hall, 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Death.
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Psychology.
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Religion.
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Death
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Mortuary Practice -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Religion
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Psychology
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deaths.
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psychology.
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religion (discipline)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying.
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Religion
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Death
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Psychology
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United Kingdom |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Green, Michael, 1938-
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| ISBN |
1846425123 |
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9781846425127 |
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