Taming and Timing Death During COVID-19: The Ordinary Passing of an Old Man in an Extraordinary Time

Authors

  • Sofie Rosenlund Lau Section for General Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
  • Nanna Hauge Kristensen
  • Bjarke Oxlund Department of Anthropology University of Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.319

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Sofie Rosenlund Lau, Section for General Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

postdoctoral fellow 

Bjarke Oxlund, Department of Anthropology University of Copenhagen

professor with special responsibilities

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2020-12-14

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2020)

Section

COVID-19 and Aging Bodies

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