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Dealing with Death

Practices and procedures

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Jennifer Green

    1. Public Health Medicine, Pontefract Health Authority, UK

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  2. Michael Green

    1. Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, UK
      Home Office, UK

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  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
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Public Health Medicine, Pontefract Health Authority, UK

    Jennifer Green

  • Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, UK

    Michael Green

  • Home Office, UK

    Michael Green

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dealing with Death

  • Book Subtitle: Practices and procedures

  • Authors: Jennifer Green, Michael Green

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7216-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-36410-5Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7216-3Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 274

  • Topics: Public Health

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