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The linkage of sociology and thanatology, the scientific study of death and the phenomena and practices relating to it, has had a relatively short history. Despite the fact that Durkheim wrote Suicide in 1897, the sociology of death was identified as a neglected area of research as recently as 30 years ago. Indeed, since sociology is concerned with social phenomena there has been some question as to whether death can properly be considered a sociological phenomenon. Several major sociological concepts - such as, interaction, definition of the sitution , deviance and labelling or societal reaction theory - have, however, had an important impact on thanatology and have contributed to the way we view life-threatening illness, death and dying, loss and grief. Much work remains to be done in trying to understand the social aspects of death related topics. Sociologists need to move beyond research and theory-building to the development and application of intervention and prevention strategies. This book on clinical sociology is an attempt to further these efforts. It is divided into five major sections; the translation of sociological theory into practice, sociological explanations of illness and death attitudes, clinical ethics, special populations and special problems and finally, organization and structure as sociological variables.

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