Listen to our inaugural episode of Open Thanatology Talks!

Co-hosted by Prof Erica Borgstrom (Professor of Medical Anthropology and lead for Open Thanatology) and Dr Libby Sallnow (Palliative Care Consultant and lead author for the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death) this episode features a panel discussion about the concept of a good death. Is it tyrannical or useful?

In this episode you’ll hear from Dr Aileen Collier (Associate Professor in Palliative Care and Aged Care Nursing at Flinders University in Australia), Hanum Atikasari (PhD Candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology in Leiden University in the Netherlands), and Smriti Rana (Head of Policy & Strategic Partnerships at Pallium India).

You can watch a recording of the full webinar and see an unedited transcript here.

Key Literature:

In this episode, a recent paper by Aileen and her colleague is mentioned which discusses matters of care and the good death - rhetoric or reality? The paper is not open access but people can contact Aileen for a copy.

Collier, A & Chapman, M 2023, 'Matters of care and the good death - rhetoric or reality?', Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 208-213. https://doi.org/10.1097/SPC.0000000000000663

Erica and Libby have also written a blog post on the topic of good death and Erica has written a critical analysis of the concept of good death in English end of life care policy. A free to access version of the article is available here.

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