Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving

Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy...

Author: Bardwell L. Smith (John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies (Emeritus), John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies (Emeritus), Carleton College)
ISBN: 9780199942138
Format: Hardback
$286.95

Bardwell L. Smith offers a fresh perspective on mizuko kuy=o, the Japanese ceremony performed to bring solace to...  Read More >>

At Liberty to Die: The Battle for Death with Dignity in America

At Liberty to Die: The Battle for Death with Dignity...

Author: Howard Ball
ISBN: 9781479869572
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Over the years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances,...  Read More >>

The Inevitable Hour: A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America

The Inevitable Hour: A History of Caring for Dying Patients...

Author: Emily K. Abel (Professor Emerita, UCLA School of Public Health)
ISBN: 9781421409191
Format: Hardback
$58.99

A frank portrayal of the medical care of dying people past and present, The Inevitable Hour helps to explain why...  Read More >>

Suicide Prevention: Hope When Life Seems Hopeless

Suicide Prevention: Hope When Life Seems Hopeless

Author: June Hunt
ISBN: 9781596366800
Format: Paperback
$15.81

Nothing is as heartbreaking as a loved one who has lost hope and is contemplating suicide. A person who seems cheerful...  Read More >>

Things You Can Do When You're Dead!: True Accounts of After Death Communication

Things You Can Do When You're Dead!: True Accounts of...

Author: Tricia J. Robertson
ISBN: 9781908733603
Format: Paperback
$44.85

""Things You Can do When You're Dead!"" by Tricia Robertson is the long awaited book from one of Scotland's foremost...  Read More >>

Épitaphier Du Vieux Paris, Recueil Général Des Inscriptions Funéraires Des Églises. Tome II: , Couvents, Collèges, Hospices, Cimetières Et Charniers...

Épitaphier Du Vieux Paris, Recueil Général Des Inscriptions...

Author: Émile Raunié
ISBN: 9782012884359
Format: Paperback
$89.63

Épitaphier du vieux Paris, recueil général des inscriptions funéraires des églises, couvents, collèges, hospices,...  Read More >>

Épitaphier Du Vieux Paris, Recueil Général Des Inscriptions Funéraires Des Églises. Tome III: , Couvents, Collèges, Hospices, Cimetières Et Charniers...

Épitaphier Du Vieux Paris, Recueil Général Des Inscriptions...

Author: Émile Raunié
ISBN: 9782012884366
Format: Paperback
$105.47

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

Épitaphier Du Vieux Paris, Recueil Général Des Inscriptions Funéraires Des Églises. Tome I: , Couvents, Collèges, Hospices, Cimetières Et Charniers...

Épitaphier Du Vieux Paris, Recueil Général Des Inscriptions...

Author: Émile Raunié
ISBN: 9782012884342
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Épitaphier du vieux Paris, recueil général des inscriptions funéraires des églises, couvents, collèges, hospices,...  Read More >>

Taming Time, Timing Death: Social Technologies and Ritual

Taming Time, Timing Death: Social Technologies and Ritual...

Author: Rane Willerslev ,  Dorthe Refslund Christensen
ISBN: 9781409450689
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Presenting rich, interdisciplinary empirical studies of death rituals and practices across the globe, from the UK...  Read More >>

And the Birds Rained Down

And the Birds Rained Down

Author: Jocelyne Saucier ,  Rhonda Mullins
ISBN: 9781552452684
Format: Paperback
$29.99

An award-winning and haunting meditation on aging and self-determination.  Read More >>

The Suicidal Patient: Clinical and Legal Standards of Care

The Suicidal Patient: Clinical and Legal Standards of...

Author: Bruce Bongar ,  Glenn Sullivan
ISBN: 9781433813252
Format: Hardback
$133.00

Navigating clinical and legal challenges in suicidal care, this resource details evidence?based assessments, risk...  Read More >>

Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book...

Author: John H. Taylor
ISBN: 9780674072398
Format: Paperback
$85.80

Offers a compilation of spells that ancient Egyptians believed would assist them in afterlife as they made their...  Read More >>

And Then There Was One

And Then There Was One

Author: Charlotte L Fox (none) ,  Leighton H Rockafellow
ISBN: 9780961746834
Format: Paperback
$59.38

Dying is a serious and complicated business. Circumstances surrounding the sudden death of the author's husband...  Read More >>

The End: The Human Experience Of Death

The End: The Human Experience Of Death

Author: Bianca Nogrady
ISBN: 9781742752051
Format: Paperback
$35.00

A fascinating exploration of the universal human experience of death. We sat around and on the bed, laughing and...  Read More >>

Fear of Death: It's about Life, Actually: Let's Talk about It

Fear of Death: It's about Life, Actually: Let's Talk...

Author: Amy Wallace M a
ISBN: 9781481901758
Format: Paperback
$26.27

What do all human beings have in common? Despite the self-help books about sex, money, power, happiness, weight,...  Read More >>

Theology as an Empirical Science

Theology as an Empirical Science

Author: Douglas Clyde Macintosh
ISBN: 9780415822428
Format: Hardback
$305.00

First Published in 1920. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Little Book of Death

The Little Book of Death

Author: Neil R Storey
ISBN: 9780752471518
Format: Hardback
$24.99

This little book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia...  Read More >>

Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral

Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies...

Author: Gayden Metcalfe ,  Charlotte Hays
ISBN: 9781401312831
Format: Paperback
$50.13

In this dishy collection of Southern humor and recipes, inveterate hostess and Southern belle Gayden Metcalfe explains...  Read More >>

Curious Epitaphs

Curious Epitaphs

Author: William Andrews
ISBN: 9781484887707
Format: Paperback
$23.73

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