Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner

Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the...
Author: J. William Worden
ISBN: 9780826101204
Format: Hardback 		$126.72

Presents the author's thinking on bereavement drawn from research, clinical work, and literature.  Read More >>

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Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity

Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity
Author: Christian Baudelot ,  Roger Establet
ISBN: 9780745640570
Format: Paperback 		$34.95

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Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity

Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity
Author: Christian Baudelot ,  Roger Establet
ISBN: 9780745640563
Format: Hardback 		$113.95

In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing...  Read More >>

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Preventing Suicide: The Solution Focused Approach

Preventing Suicide: The Solution Focused Approach
Author: John Henden
ISBN: 9780470518090
Format: Paperback 		$152.99

This practical book looks at secondary suicide prevention. It outlines solution focused brief therapy and presents...  Read More >>

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Preventing Suicide: The Solution Focused Approach

Preventing Suicide: The Solution Focused Approach
Author: John Henden
ISBN: 9780470518083
Format: Hardback 		$369.60

This practical book looks at secondary suicide prevention. It outlines solution focused brief therapy and presents...  Read More >>

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Death and the Author: How D. H. Lawrence Died, and Was Remembered

Death and the Author: How D. H. Lawrence Died, and Was...
Author: David Ellis (, Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent in Canterbury)
ISBN: 9780199546657
Format: Hardback 		$102.95

Organised around a dramatic account of D. H. Lawrence's desperate struggle against tuberculosis, and of the bizarre...  Read More >>

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The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying

The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying
Author: Lynne Ann Despelder ,  Albert Lee Strickland
ISBN: 9780073405469
Format: Hardback 		$334.12

Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of death and dying. This book integrates the experiential, scholarly,...  Read More >>

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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes...
Author: Adrian Tomer (Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania) ,  Grafton T Eliason
ISBN: 9781281094810
Format: Undefined 		$137.94

In this new volume, death is treated both as a threat to meaning and as an opportunity to create meaning.  Read More >>

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Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first century

Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first...
Author: Christine Valentine (University of Bath, UK)
ISBN: 9780415457309
Format: Paperback 		$79.99

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Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first century

Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first...
Author: Christine Valentine (University of Bath, UK)
ISBN: 9780415457293
Format: Hardback 		$305.00

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms....  Read More >>

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New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society

New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body...
Author: Nicolas Moussiopoulos ,  Vera Tiesler
ISBN: 9780387516967
Format: Undefined 		$65.87

<p>This lavishly-illustrated book brings together archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists,...  Read More >>

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Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice

Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice:...
Author: Terry A. Wolfer ,  Vicki M. Runnion
ISBN: 9780231141758
Format: Paperback 		$59.95

Featuring twenty-eight decision cases based on interviews with professional social workers, this volume allows students...  Read More >>

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Kindness and Compassion: The Inspiring Aftermath of the Tragic Amish Schoolhouse Shootings

Kindness and Compassion: The Inspiring Aftermath of...
Author: Bruce Becker
ISBN: 9781601261212
Format: Paperback 		$52.67

The inspiring story of one man's true encounters during the tragic Amish Schoolhouse shootings. A message for everyone...  Read More >>

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Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice

Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice:...
Author: Terry A. Wolfer ,  Vicki M. Runnion
ISBN: 9780231141741
Format: Hardback 		$198.95

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Sociology as a Life or Death Issue

Sociology as a Life or Death Issue
Author: Robert J. Brym
ISBN: 9780495600756
Format: Paperback 		$97.55

Examines the social causes of death through analyses of hip hop culture, the motivations of Palestinian suicide...  Read More >>

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Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection

Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection...
Author: Ornella Corazza (SOAS, UK)
ISBN: 9780415455206
Format: Paperback 		$81.99

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Between Mass Death and Individual Loss: The Place of the Dead in Twentieth-Century Germany

Between Mass Death and Individual Loss: The Place of...
Author: Alon Confino ,  Paul Betts
ISBN: 9781845453978
Format: Hardback 		$269.10

Features essays that explore how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular...  Read More >>

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Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection

Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection...
Author: Ornella Corazza (SOAS, UK)
ISBN: 9780415455190
Format: Hardback 		$305.00

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The Hospice Experience: Making Your Most Important Final Decision

The Hospice Experience: Making Your Most Important Final...
Author: Othniel J Seiden, M.D. ,  Jane L Bilett Phd
ISBN: 9780980194159
Format: Paperback 		$34.19

Making the decision to use hospice is one of the most important final decision you ll ever make. Hospice is a blessing...  Read More >>

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Criminal Liability for Non-Aggressive Death

Criminal Liability for Non-Aggressive Death
Author: C.M.V. Clarkson ,  Sally Cunningham
ISBN: 9780754673347
Format: Hardback 		$315.00

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Suicidal Behaviour in South Africa

Suicidal Behaviour in South Africa
Author: Lourens Schlebusch
ISBN: 9781869140779
Format: Paperback 		$69.30

Suicidal behaviour in South Africa has reached critical proportions. This book explores why individuals succumb...  Read More >>

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Easeful Death: Is There A Case For Assisted Dying?

Easeful Death: Is There A Case For Assisted Dying?
Author: Mary Warnock (Life Peer and Member of House of Lords Select Committee on Euthanasia) ,  Elisabeth Macdonald (Consultant Emeritus, Guy's Hospital, London)
ISBN: 9780199539901
Format: Hardback 		$68.64

Easeful Death sets out straightforwardly the arguments for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and...  Read More >>

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Unearthly Landscapes: New Zealand's Old Cemeteries

Unearthly Landscapes: New Zealand's Old Cemeteries
Author: Stephen Deed
ISBN: 9781877372353
Format: Paperback 		$92.40

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Death, Mourning, and Burial

Death, Mourning, and Burial
Author: Antonius C Robben
ISBN: 9781281214577
Format: Electronic book text 		$638.62

In Death, Mourning, and Burial, an indispensable introduction to the anthropology of death, readers will find...  Read More >>

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Mount Calvary Cemetery

Mount Calvary Cemetery
Author: C. L. Miller
ISBN: 9780738552057
Format: Paperback 		$52.77

Mount Calvary Cemetery's 40 acres of sprawling land has been the final resting place of prominent citizens, religious...  Read More >>

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