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The social context of death in old age
- Author:
- HOWARTH Glennys
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 11(3), September 2007, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author examines the notion of death as a taboo and considers the impact of social variables such as socio-economic status and gender on older people's encounters with mortality. The author also gives an insight into some of the attitudes of older people when thinking about notions of the good and bad death in relation to themselves and others for whom they care.
'Just live for today': living, caring, ageing and dying
- Author:
- HOWARTH Glennys
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 18(6), November 1998, pp.673-689.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article draws on interviews with people over the age of 75 to explore the nature of attitudes to death in old age. It focuses on the issues raised by elderly people themselves when given the opportunity to talk about death and dying. In so doing, attitudes to death and dying are separated into 'death of self' and 'death of other'. each of these categories is then divided thematically according to the issues raised by respondents.