Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Medical Royal Colleges publish obituaries to record and celebrate the lives of colleagues after their deaths. Who is included in this roll of honour, the preferred literary style, and the organisation of the commissioning and publishing all vary between colleges. Since obituaries have fashions, shaped by culture and practical considerations, it is worthwhile, from time to time, for institutions to review the approaches they take. This paper draws on practices past and present, including those of national newspapers and Royal Colleges, to stimulate further discussion on the subject.
Source: BJPsych Bulletin
Author: Claire Hilton
Institution: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417489906