Call for Papers: End of Life Special Issue - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (JARID)

 

Special issue editors Professor Roger Stancliffe (University of Sydney), Professor Sue Read (Keele University) and Dr Michele Wiese (University of Sydney) are seeking papers on all aspects of the experience of dying and death by people with intellectual disabilities.

Topics may include, but are not limited to end-of-life planning, participation in rituals and remembrance, palliative care, disclosure of a terminal condition, interventions to enhance understanding and/or experiences, bereavement, organ donation, and bequeathing.

Papers can address the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities, family members, disabilities service staff or others involved in the end of life of a person with intellectual disabilities.

The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2016. It is currently expected that the special issue will be published during 2017.

Papers should be submitted via the online JARID Manuscript Central site at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jarid and flagged as an End of Life special issue submission.

At the same time, you must email Roger Stancliffe This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to notify him that you have made a submission.

Enquiries about the suitability of proposed submissions or other matters should be sent to Roger Stancliffe at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.