Death rites and rights

Death has diverse religious, social, legal, and medical aspects and is one of the main areas in which medicine and the law intersect. In this volume, we ask: What is the meaning of death in contemporary Britain, and in other cultures, and how has it changed over time? The essays in this collection t...

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Main Authors Brooks-Gordon, Belinda, Ebtehaj, Fatemeh, Herring, Jonathan, Johnson, Martin H, Richards, Martin
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Hart Publishing Ltd 2007
Hart
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Hart Publishing Limited
Hart Publishing
Edition1st ed.
Subjects
Burial laws
Cultural norms
Customs
Dead bodies (Law)
Death
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funerals
LAW
Legal norms
Public opinion
Religion
Religious aspects
Rights
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Summary:Death has diverse religious, social, legal, and medical aspects and is one of the main areas in which medicine and the law intersect. In this volume, we ask: What is the meaning of death in contemporary Britain, and in other cultures, and how has it changed over time? The essays in this collection tackle the diverse ways in which death is now experienced in modern society, in the process answering a wide variety of questions: How is death defined by law? Do the dead have legal rights? What is one allowed to have and not have done to one's body after death? What are the rights of next of kin in this respect? What compensation exists for death and how is death valued? What is happening to the law on euthanasia and suicide? Is there a human right to die? What is the principle of sanctity of life?
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9781847313911
9781841137322
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DOI:10.5040/9781472564115