Death and social policy in challenging times. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Liam Foster, Kate Woodthorpe.
• Editors: Foster, Liam; Woodthorpe, Kate
• Contents: Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword: A Good Death for All?; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors ; 1 Introduction -- Why Death Matters to Policy ; Part I Managing the End of Life ; 2 Social Policy and Care of Older People at the End of Life ; 3 National End-of-Life Care Policy in the English Context: The Problem and Solution to Death and Dying ; 4 Euthanasia and Policy -- ChoosingWhen to Die; Part II When Death Occurs; 5 Funeral Welfare to the Grave ; 6 Cost, Choice and Diversity: Policy Issues in Burial and Cremation in England. 7 Marginalised Deaths and Policy Part III Beyond the Point of Death: The Aftermath ; 8 Bereavement Support in Later Life: An Emerging Social Problem for the Twenty-First Century ; 9 Bereavement and the Workplace ; 10 'You Can't Take It with You When You Die': Wealth, Intestacy Rules and Inheritance Tax ; 11 Conclusion -- Where Do We Go from Here? ; Index.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.6/40941; Social sciences; Death -- Great Britain; Older people -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Science; Social policy; Aging_xResearch; Social work; Demography; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying; Science; Death; Older people -- Government policy; Social policy; Tod; Alter; Sozialpolitik; Altenpolitik; Family & Relationships -- Aging; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Social Science -- Social Work; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Demography; Age groups: the elderly; Sociology: family & relationships; Social work; Sociology; Population & demography; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Central government policies; Great Britain -- Social policy; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137484901
• Related ISBNs: 113748490X; 9781137484895; 1137484896
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.