The case for a sociology of dying, death, and bereavement

Dying, death, and bereavement do not occur in a social vacuum. How individuals and groups experience these phenomena will be largely influenced by the social context in which they occur. To develop an adequate understanding of dying, death, and bereavement we therefore need to incorporate a sociolog...

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Published in:Death studies 2016-03, Vol.40 (3), p.172-181
Main Authors: Thompson, Neil, Allan, June, Carverhill, Philip A., Cox, Gerry R., Davies, Betty, Doka, Kenneth, Granek, Leeat, Harris, Darcy, Ho, Andy, Klass, Dennis, Small, Neil, Wittkowski, Joachim
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Attitude to Death
Bereavement
Death
Death & dying
Grief
Health technology assessment
Humans
Sociology
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