Death

Ancient Celtic Halloween ­­– or All Hallow’s Eve ­– was a day to acknowledge the dead. Modern rituals of marking death continue this tradition, both remembering and letting go

Australia is a valuable international case study into life expectancy trends during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new palliative care model provides early intervention to improve quality of life for advanced cancer patients and their families

The staging of the musical ‘Fun Home’ in Melbourne is part of a broader embrace of issues around how we deal with death

Australia’s deathcare system is already showing cracks, but the pressures will only worsen, especially as the baby boomer generation takes us into ‘peak death’

COVID-19 exposes some of Western culture’s deepest prejudices around death and human remains, ingrained by hundreds of years of past mass death events

Cultural anthropologist Dr Hannah Gould researches death and discarding – looking at spirituality and how COVID-19 is changing the way we deal with the dead

Australians are embracing new ways of commemorating the dead, including eco-friendly burials, raising new questions about how communities make use of traditional cemeteries

Interviews with terminally ill patients and their families highlight the importance and complexities of discussions about place of care and place of death

The legalisation of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria raises ethical, legal and policy challenges