Grief, Mourning And Death Ritual
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Grief, Mourning And Death Ritual by Hockey
Focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social theory and anthropology, This book reviews the ways grief, mourning and death ritual have been approached by academics and practitioners in the field. It combines reviews with illustrative examples of grief, mourning and death ritual as they manifest in specific settings.
Jenny Hockey is senior lecturer at Hull University. A social anthropologist, her publications include Death, Gender and Ethnicity (with D. Field and N. Small), 1997; Beyond the Body, Death and Social Identity (with E. Hallam and G. Howarth), 1999. She is a member of the editorial board of Mortality, the journal of death studies.
Jeanne Katz teaches at the Open University in the School of Health and Social Welfare. She chairs the Death and Dying course and has contributed to other courses including Health Promotion and Human Biology and Health. Her research focuses on caring for people of different ages dying in a variety of settings.
Neil Small is Professor of Community and Primary Care at Bradford University. In this position his focus is on the relationship between policy innovation and practice development. This fits in well with longer term interests in theory and evidence in health and social care and with research into service user involvement.
Jeanne Katz teaches at the Open University in the School of Health and Social Welfare. She chairs the Death and Dying course and has contributed to other courses including Health Promotion and Human Biology and Health. Her research focuses on caring for people of different ages dying in a variety of settings.
Neil Small is Professor of Community and Primary Care at Bradford University. In this position his focus is on the relationship between policy innovation and practice development. This fits in well with longer term interests in theory and evidence in health and social care and with research into service user involvement.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780335205011 |
| ISBN 10 | 0335205011 |
| Title | Grief, Mourning And Death Ritual |
| Author | Hockey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open University Press |
| Year published | 2001-02-16 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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