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Last Rites

Last Rites is a ritual practice in the anthropology of death beliefs that comprises a formalized set of religious or cultural procedures administered to an individual immediately before or at the moment of death, distinguishing it from other death-related practices by its focus on spiritual preparation for the afterlife and symbolic transition from life to death.

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2017–2026

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Publications

18

The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying

Phyllis Myers, Lynne Ann DeSpelder, Amanda Strickland · Teaching Sociology · 1988 · 268 citations

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Historical and cultural variants on the good death

Tony Walter · BMJ · 2003 · 151 citations · Full text

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Last Rites: The Work of the Modern Funeral Director.

Spencer E. Cahill, Glennys Howarth · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1997 · 76 citations

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Dying, Death and Mourning amid COVID-19 Pandemic in Kashmir: A Qualitative Study

Wasia Hamid, Mohmad Saleem Jahangir · OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying · 2020 · 71 citations

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The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying

John T. Sinnott · JAMA · 2003 · 70 citations

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Authors

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  1. TE
    Thomas E. Crow

    Getty Research Institute, United States

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  2. BF
    Brian Finney

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    1 publications · 66 citations

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  3. GH
    Glennys Howarth

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 76 citations

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  4. AK
    Akhila Koparkar

    Cipla (India), India

    1 publications · 49 citations

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  5. HB
    Hugh Breakey

    Griffith University, Australia

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. De La Salle University

    Manila, Philippines

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  2. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    151 citations

  4. Cipla (India)

    Mumbai, India

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    147 citations

  5. Leeds Beckett University

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  6. University of Kashmir

    Srinagar, India

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    142 citations

  7. Garden City Community College

    Garden City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. University of the Philippines Manila

    Manila, Philippines

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. JAMA

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  2. Critique Studies in Contemporary Fiction

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. Indian Journal of Palliative Care

    IJPC · 1 publications · 49 citations

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  4. Journal of Public Health

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 35 citations

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