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Death and dying in New Zealand / edited by Emma Johnson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Radical futures seriesPublisher: Christchurch, New Zealand : Freerange Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 159 pages, : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780473447755
  • 0473447754
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.937 23
Contents:
The 'd' word: How do we learn about death? / Tricia Hendry (grief specialist) -- The architecture of death / Guy Marriage (architect) -- When Kiwis reach the ceiling of treatment: Managing dying in modern New Zealand / Dr Janine Penfield Winters (palliative care doctor) -- Understanding tangi today / Kay Paku (funeral director) -- Making our own underground furniture / Kate Williams (Kiwi Coffin Club) -- A strange thing to do / Marcus Elliott (coroner) -- Space, land and the super city / Catherine Moore (Auckland Cemeteries Manager) -- Greening our goodbyes / Lynda Hannah (Living Legacies) -- A watery end: Innovations in sustainable body dissolution / Dr Ruth McManus (University of Canterbury) -- Understanding funeral poverty in New Zealand: Whose responsibility is it? / Phillipa Thompson & Polly Yeung (social workers) -- Deathwalkers, death cafes and rethinking death / Melanie Mayell (deathwalker) -- Different coloured tears: Living, loving and grieving across cultural worlds / Dr Kiri Edge & Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora (University of Waikato) -- The Casketeers and prime-time tangihanga / Erin Harrington (University of Canterbury) -- The long goodbye / Steve Braunias (journalist) -- Books for tough times: Children and young adults / Bee Trudgeon (librarian) -- Book for tough times: Adults / Jane Keenan (Librarian) -- Things to think about -- Things to do.
Summary: "The ways we approach death - as a subject and in our practices - reveal much about our values and how we live. With an increasingly diverse and ageing population, advances in technology and medical care, and the social, economic and environmental challeges facing us, it is important to openly discuss how we plan for death as individuals and as a society. From tangihanga, DIY funerals and new technologies to funeral poverty, this book explores what a good death might mean today and aims to foster honest conversations about death and dying in New Zealand."--Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 155.937 DEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A542466B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 155.937 DEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A542468B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 155.937 DEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A542467B

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The 'd' word: How do we learn about death? / Tricia Hendry (grief specialist) -- The architecture of death / Guy Marriage (architect) -- When Kiwis reach the ceiling of treatment: Managing dying in modern New Zealand / Dr Janine Penfield Winters (palliative care doctor) -- Understanding tangi today / Kay Paku (funeral director) -- Making our own underground furniture / Kate Williams (Kiwi Coffin Club) -- A strange thing to do / Marcus Elliott (coroner) -- Space, land and the super city / Catherine Moore (Auckland Cemeteries Manager) -- Greening our goodbyes / Lynda Hannah (Living Legacies) -- A watery end: Innovations in sustainable body dissolution / Dr Ruth McManus (University of Canterbury) -- Understanding funeral poverty in New Zealand: Whose responsibility is it? / Phillipa Thompson & Polly Yeung (social workers) -- Deathwalkers, death cafes and rethinking death / Melanie Mayell (deathwalker) -- Different coloured tears: Living, loving and grieving across cultural worlds / Dr Kiri Edge & Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora (University of Waikato) -- The Casketeers and prime-time tangihanga / Erin Harrington (University of Canterbury) -- The long goodbye / Steve Braunias (journalist) -- Books for tough times: Children and young adults / Bee Trudgeon (librarian) -- Book for tough times: Adults / Jane Keenan (Librarian) -- Things to think about -- Things to do.

"The ways we approach death - as a subject and in our practices - reveal much about our values and how we live. With an increasingly diverse and ageing population, advances in technology and medical care, and the social, economic and environmental challeges facing us, it is important to openly discuss how we plan for death as individuals and as a society. From tangihanga, DIY funerals and new technologies to funeral poverty, this book explores what a good death might mean today and aims to foster honest conversations about death and dying in New Zealand."--Publisher's website.

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