Dealing with death : a handbook of practices, procedures and law / Jennifer Green and Michael Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Jennifer, 1938-

Contributor:

Green, Michael, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries.

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 andTransplantationChapter 10. The Law and Practice of Exhumation; Part 2:Considerations for theLiving, Care of the Dying,and Death with Dignity; Chapter 12. Palliative Care; Chapter 13. Medico-legalIssues 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 CulturalAspects of Dying and Death; Chpater 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 ChurchChapter 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 DEATHAPPENDIX B.SOURCES OF ADVICE ON FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; APPENDIX C.FURTHER READING; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Notes:

Previous ed.: London: Chapman & Hall, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73805-7

9786610738052

1-84642-512-3

OCLC:

551889796