
Equity at the End
The New American Way of Death
Emerald Publishing Limited
Will be published approx. on 9. December 2025
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-1-83662-381-6 (ISBN)
Description
In Equity at the End, authors Staci M. Zavattaro and Jennifer L. Wright-Berryman explore the intricate and often confusing landscape of deathcare in the United States. This complex system of public, private, and nonprofit institutions often leaves individuals perplexed as they navigate their final arrangements, revealing significant inequities.
Combining comprehensive research from public administration and social work to examine policy design and deathcare bureaucracy, Zavattaro and Wright-Berryman scrutinize the governance of the deathcare system, the policies shaping it, and the economic and personal biases influencing its implementation. They begin by defining the concept of death equity, exploring disparities in access to resources like eco-friendly burials, identity-aligned services, and affordable body disposition. Through their extensive research, including interviews with over 70 deathcare professionals from both the public and private sectors, the authors provide readers with tools to navigate these inequities, addressing the reluctance to discuss and prepare for death.
Equity at the End offers practical tools and insights to reduce inequities and improve transparency in the deathcare system. Promoting death literacy and equitable practices, this work is essential reading for social scientists, public policy experts, healthcare professionals, and educators.
Combining comprehensive research from public administration and social work to examine policy design and deathcare bureaucracy, Zavattaro and Wright-Berryman scrutinize the governance of the deathcare system, the policies shaping it, and the economic and personal biases influencing its implementation. They begin by defining the concept of death equity, exploring disparities in access to resources like eco-friendly burials, identity-aligned services, and affordable body disposition. Through their extensive research, including interviews with over 70 deathcare professionals from both the public and private sectors, the authors provide readers with tools to navigate these inequities, addressing the reluctance to discuss and prepare for death.
Equity at the End offers practical tools and insights to reduce inequities and improve transparency in the deathcare system. Promoting death literacy and equitable practices, this work is essential reading for social scientists, public policy experts, healthcare professionals, and educators.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83662-381-6 (9781836623816)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Staci M. Zavattaro is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida, USA.
Jennifer L. Wright-Berryman is Associate Professor of Social Work in the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati, USA.
Jennifer L. Wright-Berryman is Associate Professor of Social Work in the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati, USA.
Author
University of Central Florida, USA
University of Cincinnati, USA
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1. An Introduction to American Deathcare
Chapter 2. Defining Death Equity
Chapter 3. Accessing Alternative Death Care and the Good Death
Chapter 4. Equitable Death Care for LGBTQIA+ Consumers
Chapter 5. Accounting for Death
Chapter 6. Using the Corpse
Chapter 7. Stigmatizing Death
Chapter 8. Providing Death Care
Chapter 9. Expanding Deathcare Literacy
Chapter 10. Changing the Deathcare Conversation
Chapter 1. An Introduction to American Deathcare
Chapter 2. Defining Death Equity
Chapter 3. Accessing Alternative Death Care and the Good Death
Chapter 4. Equitable Death Care for LGBTQIA+ Consumers
Chapter 5. Accounting for Death
Chapter 6. Using the Corpse
Chapter 7. Stigmatizing Death
Chapter 8. Providing Death Care
Chapter 9. Expanding Deathcare Literacy
Chapter 10. Changing the Deathcare Conversation