[Review of the book Death and social policy in challenging times, by L. Foster & K. Woodthorpe]

Abstract

Foster and Woodthorpe’s Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times makes a rigorous and convincing case for death to be allocated a much higher priority in the social sciences, but especially policy analysis. The editors led an impressive group of renowned scholars to yield 11 rigorous and wide-ranging explorations and analyses on death, dying, end-of-life/palliative care, bereavement, inheritance, and funeral costs that provoke innovative ways of critical thinking about the final stages of longevity.