Why death and dying?
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Although it's something we'll all experience, the idea of a course dedicated to death and dying might seem unusual. Dr Carol Komaromy explains why studying... Read more : Why death and dying?
Playing dead
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Richard Wilson reflects on the actor’s experience of death on stage and screen Read more : Playing dead
Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank
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Dr Carol Komaromy interviews Dan Cruickshank about his experiences making the BBC/OU programme The Art of Dying Read more : Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank
The final journey
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Richard Wilson takes a behind the scenes look at the business of crematoriums and walks us through the ultimate final journey Read more : The final journey
Richard Wilson goes to embalming school
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Richard Wilson enrols for the day at embalming school and learns about a fast growing trend Read more : Richard Wilson goes to embalming school
End of life care
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Richard Wilson interviews palliative care nurse Deborah Murphy about the privilege and challenge of caring for people at the end of life Read more : End of life care
Death and society
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Richard Wilson interviews Glennys Howarth about her research into how attitudes towards death changed in British Society during the course of the twentieth century Read more : Death and society
Studying death
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Kate Woodthorpe introduces The Open University Death and Dying course Read more : Studying death
Memorialisation
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Crematorium and cemetery registrar Angela Abbot talks to us about memorialisation and the emergence of "fairy villages" as well as the sustainability of burials Read more : Memorialisation
Sustainable by Design
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Principal Architect Adrian Morrow explains the logic and sentiment behind designing a sustainable crematorium in Milton Keynes Read more : Sustainable by Design
Meet a funeral director
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Funeral Director Roy Mason explains why he and his staff get "a massive sense of satisfaction" from their job Read more : Meet a funeral director
The Cemetery of the Year Awards
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Kate Woodthorpe talks about the hard work and dedication of some special people: The Cemetery of the Year Awards Read more : The Cemetery of the Year Awards
Death in cyberspace
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Dr Sarah Earle looks at the increasing use of the internet to create online memorials to people who have died Read more : Death in cyberspace
Exorcism in everyday life
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Jenny Hockey meets Tom Willis, a Church of England exorcist, and explores his role Read more : Exorcism in everyday life
Death in Kerala
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Does the West have anything to learn from the sensitive and diginified approach to death in Kerala? Read more : Death in Kerala
Defying Death
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This extract explores issues about improvements in health care, and our expectation of a longer life. It is taken from a panel discussion that took place as... Read more : Defying Death
Death in the age of the Internet
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We all lead digital lives now - but does that online archive of our doings mean we'll also have a digital afterlife? Read more : Death in the age of the Internet
OU on the BBC: Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Life and death
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How do Darwin’s ideas help us understand extinction and the interconnectedness of life and death? Read more : OU on the BBC: Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Life and death
OU on the BBC: Death and dying - Help & support at time of bereavement
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If you are experiencing bereavement or loss, there are a number of groups who offer advice and support. This is just a selection. Read more : OU on the BBC: Death and dying - Help & support at time of bereavement
Death and medicine
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This unit asks the reader to consider the experience of grief and bereavement and in particular the extent to which grieving people need professional help.... Read more : Death and medicine
The medicalised context of bereavement
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This unit helps you to explore the extent to which death and dying in western societies are medical events and what aspects of death and... Read more : The medicalised context of bereavement
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