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Literary remains: representations of death and burial in Victorian England

very varied theoretical frameworks in their work. The book seems to be aimed at practitioners and would be useful for clinicians, whether doctors, nurses and other members of a healthcare team working with patients/clients experiencing their own dying or the death of someone close to them. Each chapter has clinical examples that ground the theoretical ideas under exploration and provide further explanation which makes sense of theory in a practice setting. These clinical examples comprise transcripts from therapeutic conversations with patients. In hearing the voice and stories told by people facing their own mortality, the book draws the reader into a journey of discovery of the dilemmas experienced by those who are dying. These ‘snap shots’ of therapeutic discourse are a rich source of data from which themes have been gathered to inform clinicians on the therapeutic methodologies required when engaging in therapeutic conversations about death and dying. The eclectic nature of theoretical underpinning from contributors is overcome by using an umbrella discourse from existential thinking. This provides a framework which adds to the coherence of what would have otherwise been potentially opposing theoretical discourses with the potential to confuse the reader. That said, the existential thinking at times becomes complex and there is a danger that this book, which seems to be aimed at specialist practitioners, may lose the understanding of some of its audience along the way. For the UK healthcare market, given recent guidance from The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the psychological care of patients with a life limiting illness, the book is arguably remiss in not discussing the competency levels required to work therapeutically in palliative care. It would have been useful to have some reference to this wider contextual discourse, so as to guide the reader to the ethics associated with this type of specialist therapeutic work. As a consultant practitioner in the field, I can see myself using this book as part of an educational programme. It is a valuable contribution to the ongoing development of this specialism within the therapeutic field.