Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American Farming

Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American...

Author: Eric Ramirez-Ferrero
ISBN: 9780231130257
Format: Paperback
$52.95

In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural...  Read More >>

Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American Farming

Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American...

Author: Eric Ramirez-Ferrero
ISBN: 9780231130240
Format: Hardback
$173.95

In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural...  Read More >>

When Death Goes Pop: Death, Media and the Remaking of Community

When Death Goes Pop: Death, Media and the Remaking of...

Author: Charlton D. McIlwain
ISBN: 9780820470641
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Scholars, educators, health professionals, and activists from a variety of fields have struggled with one of the...  Read More >>

A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

Author: Jan Swanson MD ,  Alan Cooper
ISBN: 9780773528321
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A sensitive introduction on how to deal with terminally ill patients and their families.  Read More >>

A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

Author: Jan Swanson MD ,  Alan Cooper
ISBN: 9780773527478
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Offers insights to help medical students, residents, physicians, nurses and others become more aware of the different...  Read More >>

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 2: Two Hundred Years After Kant, Fifty Years After Turing

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 2: Two Hundred Years After...

Author: Charles Tandy ,  Nick Bostrom
ISBN: 9780974347226
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This anthology discusses a number of interdisciplinary cultural, psychological, metaphysical, and moral issues and...  Read More >>

Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices and Rites in the Second Temple Period

Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices and Rites in the...

Author: Rachel Hachlili
ISBN: 9781280859076
Format: Electronic book text
$794.64

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Burial Terminology

Burial Terminology

Author: Roderick Sprague
ISBN: 9781299785311
Format: Electronic book text
$113.49

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Chinese American Death Rituals

Chinese American Death Rituals

Author: Sue Fawn Chung ,  Priscilla Wegars
ISBN: 9781306151931
Format: Electronic book text
$113.49

Death is a topic that has fascinated people for centuries. In the English-speaking world, eulogies in poetic form...  Read More >>

Let Me Grieve, But Not Forever

Let Me Grieve, But Not Forever

Author: Verdell Davis
ISBN: 9780849945335
Format: Paperback
$27.99

This book offers a source of hope and healing for anyone experiencing grief.    Read More >>

Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and...

Author: Bert Hayslip, Jr. ,  Cynthia A. Peveto
ISBN: 9780826127969
Format: Hardback
$153.12

Examines the impact of cultural change on death attitudes. With a focus on African-American, Asian-American, and...  Read More >>

Without You – Children and Young People Growing Up with Loss and its Effects

Without You – Children and Young People Growing Up with...

Author: Tamar Granot
ISBN: 9781843102977
Format: Paperback
$66.99

In this sympathetic book, Tamar Granot explains the immediate and long-term effects of loss on children and adolescents....  Read More >>

Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices and Rites in the Second Temple Period

Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices and Rites in the...

Author: Rachel Hachlili
ISBN: 9786610859078
Format: Electronic book text
$1589.28

Research of burials constitutes one of the main reliable sources of information related to various aspects of funerary...  Read More >>

Loss, Change and Bereavement in Palliative Care

Loss, Change and Bereavement in Palliative Care

Author: Firth ,  Pam Firth
ISBN: 9786610951444
Format: Electronic book text
$253.33

Provides a resource for working with a complex range of loss situations and includes chapters on childhood bereavement,...  Read More >>

A Good Death: On the Value of Death and Dying

A Good Death: On the Value of Death and Dying

Author: Lars Sandman ,  Sandman
ISBN: 9786610947911
Format: Electronic book text
$263.89

The notion of a 'good death' plays an important role in modern palliative care and remains a topic for lively debate....  Read More >>

Palliative Care in Ireland

Palliative Care in Ireland

Author: Julie Ling ,  Liam O'Siorin
ISBN: 9786610954513
Format: Electronic book text
$253.33

This book describes the history and development of palliative care services in the Republic of Ireland. Written...  Read More >>

A Brief History of Death

A Brief History of Death

Author: Douglas Davies (University of Durham)
ISBN: 9781405101837
Format: Paperback
$55.95

The act of death itself and the rituals surrounding it vary enormously and shed a fascinating light on the cultures...  Read More >>

Inside Out

Inside Out

Author: Terry Trueman
ISBN: 9780064473767
Format: Paperback
$23.73

From the author of the Printz Honor novel ""Stuck in Neutral"" comes the gripping story of a boy whose mind is more...  Read More >>

Death, Dying and Social Differences

Death, Dying and Social Differences

Author: David Olivere ,  Barbara Monroe
ISBN: 9780198527756
Format: Paperback
$72.95

Covers the extent to which specialist palliative care services are accessible to different social groups and the...  Read More >>

Introducing Death and Dying

Introducing Death and Dying

Author: Diane Pinkley ,  Thomas Carr
ISBN: 9780131831032
Format: Paperback
$253.97

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Walking Higher

Walking Higher

Author: Alexander Renault ,  Alexander Renault
ISBN: 9781413456035
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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A Good Death: On the Value of Death and Dying

A Good Death: On the Value of Death and Dying

Author: Lars Sandman
ISBN: 9780335214112
Format: Paperback
$131.95

The notion of a 'good death' plays an important role in modern palliative care and remains a topic for lively debate....  Read More >>

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