Tony Walter As the American sociologist Peter Berger (1969) once wrote, every human society comprises people ‘banded together in the face [...]
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On the Frontline: Hip fractures, advanced age, and new possibilities
Fiona Graham Hip fractures are common, especially if you are old, female and live in Northern Europe and Scandinavia. You might [...]
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Policy and Politics: Why care for the terminally ill needs to be a higher priority
Richard Meade When somebody becomes terminally ill and begins to approach the end of their life, they are likely to need [...]
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A look inside family life when someone is dying
Erica Borgstrom A week before Rosalind died, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were visiting from overseas. They all picnicked in the care [...]
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‘Shadows in the system’: the work of family and friends at the end of life
Merryn Gott Being at home, in our own bed, surrounded by loved ones, is an image that dominates popular understandings of [...]
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Why should the bereaved give up their ghosts?
Mary Ellen MacDonald Come autumn, I spend a lot of time thinking about ghosts. The fall marks a number of deathiversaries for [...]
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Negotiating death positivity in video games: overcoming the addiction to respawning
Solveiga Zibaite During my recent personal explorations on what’s new in the gaming world, I came across something strangely relevant to [...]
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Ageing and Dying are a Continuum
Naomi Richards When I submitted my first article to an international ageing journal (Richards 2012), I was genuinely perplexed to receive [...]
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It seems people don’t fear death, as much as they fear the process of dying
Helle Timm A national survey conducted with my colleagues reveals that the Danes more or less know (statistically) what they can [...]
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“Assisted dying” – what it is, where it’s practised, and what the future might hold
Lars Johan Materstvedt In her book Ending Life. Ethics and the Way We Die (2005), philosopher Margaret P. Battin tells the [...]
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