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1. 11. On Death in the Mesolithic : Or the Mortuary Practices of the Last Hunter-Gatherers of the South-Western Iberian Peninsula, 7th–6th Millennium BCE

   Författare :Rita Peyroteo Stjerna; Kjel Knutsson; Mariana Diniz; Liv Nilsson Stutz; Clive Bonsall; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; death; Late Mesolithic; hunter-gatherers; social memory; place; burial practices; mortuary ritual; historical process; south-western Iberian Peninsula; archaeothanatology; radiocarbon dating and Bayesian analysis; stable isotopes carbon and nitrogen ; shell middens; museum collections; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : The history of death is entangled with the history of changing social values, meaning that a shift in attitudes to death will be consistent with changes in a society’s world view.Late Mesolithic shell middens in the Tagus and Sado valleys, Portugal, constitute some of the largest and earliest burial grounds known, arranged and maintained by people with a hunting, fishing, and foraging lifestyle, c 6000–5000 cal BCE. LÄS MER

3. 12. Equality in Death? : How the Social Positions of Individuals and Families are Linked to Mortality

   Författare :Jenny Torssander; Robert Erikson; Denny Vågerö; Pekka Martikainen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health inequality; mortality; socioeconomic factors; education; social class; social status; income; marital partner; intergenerational; child-parent relationship; cause of death; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Socioeconomic positions of individuals are clearly associated with the chances of living a healthy long life. In four empirical studies based on Swedish population registers, two topics are examined in this thesis: The relationships between different indicators of social position and mortality, and the importance of family members’ socioeconomic resources for the survival of the individual. LÄS MER

4. 13. Death Penalty in Decline : Brakes and Accelerators in U.S. State Legislatures

   Författare :Emma Ricknell; Magnus Hagevi; Karl Loxbo; Kaare Strøm; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; abolition; bill proposals; death penalty; Democrats; gubernatorial veto; legislative entrepreneurs; legislative professionalism; morality policy; public opinion; Republicans; state legislatures; women legislators; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : After reaching a peak during the 1990s, death sentences and executions havedeclined throughout the states. During this time, a steady stream of states havetaken the step to join a growing group of abolitionist states, or alternatively, have a moratorium on executions in place. In a parallel development, supportfor the death penalty among the U.S. LÄS MER

5. 14. Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Tanzania : Challenges to successful implementation

   Författare :Ali Said; Mats Målqvist; Claudia Hanson; Siriel Massawe; Andrea B Pembe; Jos van Roosmale; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Maternal death; Maternal death surveillance and response; maternal mortality; MDSR; maternal death review; MDR; quality improvements; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Sammanfattning : Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios (MMR) in the world. Tanzania introduced the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system to facilitate deaths notification and learning from death reviews inorder to prevent future deaths. LÄS MER

7. 15. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead : An Essay on Well-Being and Death

   Författare :Karl Ekendahl; Jens Johansson; Erik Carlson; Chris Heathwood; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; death; well-being; Epicureanism; deprivation account; the timing argument; fission; temporal well-being; extrinsic value; prudence; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This book examines some central arguments in the debate about the value of death. The first main chapter, Chapter 2, begins with an introduction to the debate and a clarification of Epicureanism, i.e. the view that it is not bad to die. LÄS MER