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Dealing with Death

Practices and procedures

  • Jennifer Green
  • Michael Green
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xix
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  2. Legal and Technical Aspects

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Customs and Laws
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 3-12
    3. Medical certification of cause of death
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 13-22
    4. Registration of death
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 23-31
    5. Coroners and coroner’s inquiries
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 32-46
    6. Stillbirth and death in infancy — certification and registration
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 47-53
    7. The autopsy and mortuary practice
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 54-63
    8. Funeral direction and disposal by burial
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 64-72
    9. Disposal by cremation
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 73-79
    10. Organ and tissue donation, transplantation and dissection
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 80-88
    11. The law and practice of exhumation
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 89-93
    12. Fatal mass disasters
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 94-99

  3. Considerations for the Living, Care of the Dying, and Death with Dignity

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 101-101
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    2. Palliative care
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 103-113
    3. Last offices
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 114-123
    4. Bereavement
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 124-129
    5. The control of infection in life and in death
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 130-146

  4. Religious, Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Dying and Death

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 147-147
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    2. Christianity and the Sacraments
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 149-150
    3. The Anglican Church (The Church in Wales, The Church in Ireland, The Episcopalian Church in Scotland)
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 151-154
    4. The Roman Catholic Church
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 155-158
    5. Free churches and other churches
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 159-161
    6. Jehovah’s Witnesses
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 162-168
    7. The Mormon Church
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 169-174
    8. Christian Science
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 175-179
    9. The Afro-Caribbean community
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 180-183
    10. Rastafarianism
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 184-187
    11. Buddhism
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 188-191
    12. The Baha’i faith
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 192-193
    13. The Jewish faith
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 194-204
    14. Islam
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 205-212
    15. Hinduism
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 213-219
    16. Sikhism
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 220-225
    17. Zoroastrians (Parsees)
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 226-230
    18. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
      Jennifer Green, Michael Green
      Pages 231-234
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 235-274
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About this book

Keywords

death medicine public health

Authors and affiliations

  • Jennifer Green
    • 1
  • Michael Green
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Public Health MedicinePontefract Health AuthorityUK
  2. 2.Forensic PathologyUniversity of SheffieldUK
  3. 3.Home OfficeUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7216-3
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992
  • Publisher Name Springer, Boston, MA
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-0-412-36410-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-4899-7216-3
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