This book presents original research, insight and analysis on innovative methods, theories, topics and issues at the end of life and in death's aftermath. Stemming from the University of Bath's Centre for Death and Society Annual Conference in 2023 and a subsequent special issue of the journal Mortality, it presents contributions from scholars at all stages of their career, from PhD students to internationally renowned professors. The volume provides a rich and diverse array of chapters that cover a range of challenges and opportunities in death and dying in the twenty-first century. This includes, the role of technology and its facilitators, the potential in bringing together different disciplinary perspectives and theories, and novel techniques in engaging people with the topic of death and dying.Innovation at the End of Life will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics, and practitioners across multiple disciplines including sociology, anthropology, psychology, medical humanities, social work, and healthcare studies. It is particularly suited for death studies scholars, thanatologists, healthcare professionals and grief counsellors.
