Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Ritual Thinking

Ritual Thinking
Author: Mario Perniola , Massimo Verdicchio ISBN: 9781573928694 Format: Hardback	$158.35
A composite of two works - ""Transits"" and ""The Society of Simulcra"" translated into English. It is intended... Read More >>

Comprehending Suicide: Landmarks in 20th-Century Suicidology

Comprehending Suicide: Landmarks in 20th-Century Suicidology...
Author: Edwin Shneidman ISBN: 9781557987433 Format: Hardback	$105.47
An examination of the most thought-provoking works on suicide of the 20th century. It includes historical, literary,... Read More >>

The Right to Die

The Right to Die
Author: Jasper ISBN: 9780379113518 Format: Hardback	$59.95
This Almanac examines the law concerning an individual's right to die and one's right to issue advance directives... Read More >>

Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture

Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture
Author: Harvey Stafford ISBN: 9780922915590 Format: Paperback	$44.75
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Responding to Grief: Dying, Bereavement and Social Care

Responding to Grief: Dying, Bereavement and Social Care...
Author: Caroline Currer ISBN: 9780333736395 Format: Paperback	$79.99
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Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Author: Richard P. Taylor ISBN: 9780874369397 Format: Hardback	$125.00
This cultural encyclopedia examines customs and beliefs relating to death and burial in clear, well written articles... Read More >>

Facing Death: Welcoming the Afterlife

Facing Death: Welcoming the Afterlife
Author: Stephen Knapp ISBN: 9780961741075 Format: Undefined	$18.35
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Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome

Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome
Author: Donald G. Kyle ISBN: 9780415248426 Format: Paperback	$98.99
Rome killed many thousands of people & animals in elaborate public spectacles. This provocative book asks not only... Read More >>

The Meaning of Life: A Practical Guide to Staying Alive

The Meaning of Life: A Practical Guide to Staying Alive...
Author: Louis Everstine , Atherton ISBN: 9780738846118 Format: Paperback	$55.41
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Too Ill to Talk?: User Involvement in Palliative Care

Too Ill to Talk?: User Involvement in Palliative Care...
Author: Penny Rhodes , Neil Small ISBN: 9780415233170 Format: Paperback	$103.00
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Symbolic Loss: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End

Symbolic Loss: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory...
Author: Peter Homans ISBN: 9780813919867 Format: Paperback	$59.40
The ten essays assembled in this volume represent, in an interdisciplinary way, the work of scholars attempting... Read More >>

Parenthood Lost: Healing the Pain after Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death

Parenthood Lost: Healing the Pain after Miscarriage,...
Author: Michael R. Berman, M.D. ISBN: 9780897896146 Format: Hardback	$65.87
A doctor with experience in helping parents deal with the grief of losing a baby shares his insights. The book includes... Read More >>

Symbolic Loss: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End

Symbolic Loss: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory...
Author: Peter Homans ISBN: 9780813919850 Format: Hardback	$151.80
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Leaving Words to Remember: Greek Mourning and the Advent of Literacy

Leaving Words to Remember: Greek Mourning and the Advent...
Author: Katharine Derderian ISBN: 9789004117501 Format: Leather / fine binding	$411.84
This volume examines the influence of literacy on the development of mourning in ancient Greece. Considered against... Read More >>

Death Talk: The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Death Talk: The Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted...
Author: Margaret A Somerville ISBN: 9781282859395 Format: Electronic book text	$79.07
There are vast ethical, legal, and social differences between natural death and euthanasia. In Death Talk Margaret... Read More >>

Great Deaths: Grieving, Religion and Nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Great Deaths: Grieving, Religion and Nationhood in Victorian...
Author: John Wolffe ISBN: 9780197262382 Format: Hardback	$221.76
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Dying Right: The Death with Dignity Movement

Dying Right: The Death with Dignity Movement
Author: Daniel Hillyard , John Dombrink ISBN: 9781280355097 Format: Electronic book text	$396.00
Dying Right provides an overview of the Death With Dignity movement, a history of how and why Oregon legalized physician-assisted... Read More >>

Dark Light: The Appearance of Death in Everyday Life

Dark Light: The Appearance of Death in Everyday Life...
Author: Ronald Schenk ISBN: 9780791447703 Format: Paperback	$65.87
Reveals the effects of the cultural unconscious or ""world soul"" in human experience. Read More >>

Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly

Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly
Author: Harold G Koenig (Duke Univ Medical Ctr, Durham, NC, USA) , Junietta B Mccall ISBN: 9780789004994 Format: Paperback	$77.99
Through firsthand accounts and research, Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly focuses on the education,... Read More >>

Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Author: Richard P Taylor ISBN: 9781280720123 Format: Electronic book text	$300.96
This encyclopaedia examines the origin, evolution and practice of world cultures with regard to death and belief... Read More >>

The American Way Of Death Revisited

The American Way Of Death Revisited
Author: Jessica Mitford ISBN: 9781860497629 Format: Paperback	$26.99
In the early 1960s this analysis of America's funeral practices rocked the industry and shocked the public. This... Read More >>

Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Author: Richard P Taylor ISBN: 9786610720125 Format: Electronic book text	$501.60
This encyclopaedia examines the origin, evolution and practice of world cultures with regard to death and belief... Read More >>

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics v. 20; Focus on the End of Life - Scientific and Social Issues

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics v. 20; Focus...
Author: M. Powell Lawton ISBN: 9780826113658 Format: Hardback	$237.60
The study of """"the end of life"""" has become a major focus on medicine, the social sciences, ethics, and religion.... Read More >>

Help Your Marriage Survive: The Death of a Child

Help Your Marriage Survive: The Death of a Child
Author: Paul Rosenblatt ISBN: 9781566398046 Format: Hardback	$159.72
Based on intensive interviews of 29 couples who experienced the death of a child, this book offers perspectives... Read More >>

Help Your Marriage Survive: The Death of a Child

Help Your Marriage Survive: The Death of a Child
Author: Paul Rosenblatt ISBN: 9781566398053 Format: Paperback	$65.87
Based on intensive interviews of 29 couples who experienced the death of a child, this book offers perspectives... Read More >>

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