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Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins

Name: Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins
Brand: Rutgers University Press
SKU: 9781978843998
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Contributors:

Amy Shea

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Social Science, Family & Relationships

Book Subcategory:

Death & Dying, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Death, Grief, Bereavement

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Release Date:

9/9/2025

ISBN 13:

9781978843998

Weight:

1.1 lbs

Size:

9.20 x 6.20 x 0.90 inches

Pages:

264

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Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. In recent years, there has been an increased interest and advocacy concerning end-of-life and after-death care. An increasing number of individuals and organizations from health care to the funeral and death care industries are working to promote and encourage people to consider their end-of-life wishes. Yet, there are limits to who these efforts reach and who can access such resources. These conversations come from a place of good intentions, but also from a place of privilege.

Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, a collection of closely connected essays, takes the reader on a journey into what happens to those who die while experiencing homelessness or who end up indigent or unclaimed at the end of life. Too Poor to Die bears witness to the disparities in death and dying faced by some of society's most vulnerable and marginalized and asks the reader to consider their own end-of-life and disposition plans within the larger context of how privilege and access plays a role in what we want versus what we get in death.

About the Author
Amy Shea is the writing program director for Mount Tamalpais College, a college for incarcerated people in San Quentin, CA. Her essays have appeared in The Missouri Review, Portland Review, The Massachusetts Review, the Journal of Sociology of Health & Illness, and others.

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