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The purpose of this special issue of Health Sociology Review is to consider new debates in sociology regarding 'what does it mean to die with dignity' in light of changing healthcare demands and diverse customary and historical practices. To a large extent sociological perspectives have been marginalised and the field has been left for psychology and health sciences to dominate debate. There has been little discussion from sociology about wider social forces shaping healthcare demands and capabilities or the complex impacts of diverse customary and historical practices.