Background In 2007, a literature review was undertaken of palliative care research from
Sweden during the 1970s–2006, paving the way for a follow‐up study to explore the recent …

Many books on grief lay out a model to be followed, either for bereaved persons to live
through or for professionals to practice, and usually follow some familiar prescriptions for …

Every society has norms that frame the way individuals grieve. These norms also help define
significant and insignificant losses. Losses exist within cultures that are not discussed or …

The article analyses how potentially conflicting frames of grief and family operate in a
number of English funerals. The data come from the 2010 Mass-Observation directive …

Studies of Western retirees, amenity migrants and working expatriates have proliferated in
recent years, yet insufficient attention has been given to the role of interpersonal …

Situated at the intersection of the Sociology of Death and Sociology of the Family, this paper
argues that the organization and funding of funerals is an overlooked and available lens …

Studies of transnational families tend to filter understandings of mobility and stasis through a
bi-national framework that juxtaposes the movement of migrants across international …

In a constructivist framework, bereavement experiences are seen as following individualised
trajectories. Older individuals who lose a same-sex partner often face additional layers of …

When a death is investigated by a coroner, what is the place of the family in that process?
This accessibly written book draws together empirical, theoretical and historical perspectives …

The purpose of this article was to report the author's journey through grief and healing via a
gay men's chorus following the death of his husband from congestive heart failure. Research …