Professor of Medical Anthropology, The Open University
I am a Professor of Medical Anthropology at The Open Univeristy. My specialist area in research and teaching is death and dying, with an emphasis on end-of-life care and bereavement. I use my anthropological skills to disrupt the normative concepts in end-of-life care by foregrounding people’s everyday experiences and the structural and discursive elements that shape how care is provided. I also lead the university's Open Thanatology group, focusing on education and research about death-related topics.
I'm co-editor of the journal Mortality and on the council for the Association for the Study of Death and Society. I am a Fellow the Royal Anthropological Institute and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Death doulas: helping people at the end of their life
Mar 06, 2024 23:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
You may have heard of a birth doula someone who provides non-medical support and advocacy throughout pregnancy, birth and after the baby has been born. More recently, so-called death doulas people who assist at the other...
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