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Are we witnessing a new form of death taking shape in our society? A death that puts the individual at the centre and imposes new demands on three professional groups who encounter death: doctors, undertakers and priests. Professor of Ethnology Lynn Åkesson has been dealing with this question for many...
You can’t take anything with you when you die. Perhaps you should think about how your property will be distributed after your death and what this means for your surviving next of kin. Are the statutory rules on inheritance sufficient or should you write a will? This depends on your...
Opinion: Göran Hermerén, Professor emeritus in Medical ethics, Lund university The heading “The right to my own death” immediately raises three questions: is there such a right? What is it based on? Could it come into conflict with other people’s interests or rights? The central ethical research questions in this...
In death, animals and man meet There is only one way to be born, but a thousand ways to die. Archaeologists’ studies of death and burial rites reveal much about how our views on the value of humans and animals have varied between different periods and in different cultures. A...
The mummy of Peder Winstrup is one of the most well-preserved bodies from the 1600s. Initial examinations made a sensational discovery: the inner organs are still there. This provides unique opportunities to learn more about people living in Lund in the 1600s. “We can now establish that Winstrup’s mummy is...
