Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide, 2e

A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by...
Author: Alison Wertheimer (writer, researcher and counsellor) ISBN: 9780415220279 Format: Paperback	$99.00
Looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends... Read More >>

History of Suicide: Voluntary Death in Western Culture

History of Suicide: Voluntary Death in Western Culture...
Author: Georges Minois (Georges Minois, editions Fayard) , Lydia G. Cochrane ISBN: 9780801866470 Format: Paperback	$68.99
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When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death

When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage,...
Author: Alix Henley , Nancy Kohner ISBN: 9780415252768 Format: Paperback	$77.99
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When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death

When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage,...
Author: Alix Henley , Nancy Kohner ISBN: 9780415252751 Format: Hardback	$399.00
This work describes the tragic and bewildering experience of losing a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal... Read More >>

If I Should Die

If I Should Die
Author: Leroy S. Rouner ISBN: 9780268031619 Format: Paperback	$67.10
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A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life's End

A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life's End...
Author: Jana Staton , Roger Shuy ISBN: 9780878408405 Format: Hardback	$184.80
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Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474: Wills from the Register `Baldwyne', I. 1439-1461

Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474: Wills...
Author: Peter Northeast , Heather Falvey ISBN: 9780851158112 Format: Hardback	$105.60
Suffolk wills of ordinary inhabitants illustrate all aspects of the social conditions of the time. Read More >>

Understanding Suicidal Behaviour: The Suicidal Process Approach to Research, Treatment and Prevention

Understanding Suicidal Behaviour: The Suicidal Process...
Author: Kees van Heeringen (Unit for Suicide Research, University of Gent, Belgium) ISBN: 9780471988038 Format: Hardback	$352.95
NEW IN PAPERBACK How can suicide be prevented and treated by mental health professionals? Understanding Suicidal... Read More >>

A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life’s End

A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life’s End...
Author: Jana Staton , Roger W. Shuy ISBN: 9780878408412 Format: Paperback	$116.00
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Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Author: John H. Taylor ISBN: 9780226791647 Format: Paperback	$79.20
This illustrated book draws on the British Museum's world-famous collection of mummies and other funerary evidence... Read More >>

Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers

Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas...
Author: Alan Wolfelt ISBN: 9781879651241 Format: Paperback	$31.55
A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers... Read More >>

Nothing Left Unsaid: Words to Help You and Your Loved Ones Through Illness or Death

Nothing Left Unsaid: Words to Help You and Your Loved...
Author: Carol Orsborn (Carol Orsborn) ISBN: 9781573245654 Format: Paperback	$42.11
This is a guide about how to be, and talk, with a loved one who is dying. Each of the brief chapters contains a... Read More >>

Losing Malcolm: A Mother's Journey Through Grief

Losing Malcolm: A Mother's Journey Through Grief
Author: Carol Henderson ISBN: 9781578063390 Format: Hardback	$64.90
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Perpetual Mourning: Widowhood in Rural India

Perpetual Mourning: Widowhood in Rural India
Author: Martha Alter Chen ISBN: 9780195648850 Format: Hardback	$118.80
""Perpetual Mourning"" systematically examines the relationship between the ideals and the realities of widowhood... Read More >>

Passionate Women: Female Suicide in Late Imperial China

Passionate Women: Female Suicide in Late Imperial China...
Author: Paul Ropp , Paola Zamperini ISBN: 9789004120181 Format: Paperback	$266.64
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Researching Palliative Care

Researching Palliative Care
Author: Field , Jessica Corner ISBN: 9780335204366 Format: Paperback	$153.07
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Grief, Mourning And Death Ritual

Grief, Mourning And Death Ritual
Author: HOCKEY , Jeanne Samson Katz ISBN: 9780335205011 Format: Paperback	$75.96
Focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social theory and anthropology, This book reviews... Read More >>

Treating Suicidal Behavior: An Effective, Time-Limited Approach

Treating Suicidal Behavior: An Effective, Time-Limited...
Author: M. David Rudd (University of Memphis, United States) , Thomas E. Joiner ISBN: 9781572306141 Format: Hardback	$193.00
Provides an empirically supported approach to treating suicidality that is specifically tailored to today's managed... Read More >>

Death and Bereavement: Psychological, Religious and Cultural Interfaces

Death and Bereavement: Psychological, Religious and...
Author: Dewi Rees (University of Birmingham) , etc. ISBN: 9781861562234 Format: Paperback	$109.95
This is an account of the psychology of death and bereavement, which places the subject within the contexts of the... Read More >>

Psyche and Death: Death-demons in Folklore, Myths and Modern Dreams

Psyche and Death: Death-demons in Folklore, Myths and...
Author: Edgar Herzog ISBN: 9780882145150 Format: Paperback	$55.44
In this extraordinary two-part study -- first presented as lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich -- Herzog... Read More >>

Suicide: An Unnecessary Death

Suicide: An Unnecessary Death
Author: Danuta Wasserman ISBN: 9781853178221 Format: Paperback	$263.87
An overview of information and findings on suicide, focusing on correct strategies for successful recognition and... Read More >>

Darwin's Worms

Darwin's Worms
Author: Adam Phillips ISBN: 9780465056767 Format: Paperback	$34.32
Both Freud and Darwin were interested in how destruction conserves life. They took their inspiration from fossils... Read More >>

Treatment of Suicidal Patients in Managed Care

Treatment of Suicidal Patients in Managed Care
Author: James M. Ellison ISBN: 9780880488280 Format: Paperback	$208.56
Increasingly, mental health clinicians must care for suicidal patients within managed care systems. Bringing together... Read More >>

The Widowed Self: The Older Woman's Journey Through Widowhood

The Widowed Self: The Older Woman's Journey Through...
Author: Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard ISBN: 9780889203464 Format: Paperback	$79.20
How do older women come to terms with widowhood? Are they vulnerable or courageous, predictable or creative in dealing... Read More >>

Death, Dissection and the Destitute

Death, Dissection and the Destitute
Author: Ruth Richardson ISBN: 9780226712406 Format: Paperback	$57.00
In the early 19th century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those... Read More >>

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