Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Fatal Freedom: The Ethics and Politics of Suicide

Fatal Freedom: The Ethics and Politics of Suicide

Author: Thomas Szasz
ISBN: 9780275966461
Format: Hardback
$110.00

This is a defence of every individual's right to choose a voluntary death.  Read More >>

The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism

The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism

Author: David Kraemer
ISBN: 9780415211840
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism

The Meanings of Death in Rabbinic Judaism

Author: David Kraemer
ISBN: 9780415211833
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This is a study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism - the Rabbis of late antiquity. The...  Read More >>

Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief

Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance...

Author: Adrian Kear ,  Deborah Lynn Steinberg
ISBN: 9780415193931
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Mourning Diana examines the events which followed the death of Diana as a series of cultural-political phenomena,...  Read More >>

Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief

Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance...

Author: Adrian Kear ,  Deborah Lynn Steinberg
ISBN: 9780415193924
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Mourning Diana examines the events which followed the death of Diana as a series of cultural-political phenomena,...  Read More >>

Student Dies, A School Mourns: Dealing With Death and Loss in the School Community

Student Dies, A School Mourns: Dealing With Death and...

Author: Ralph L. Klicker
ISBN: 9781560327424
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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I Will Remember These Things Forever: Children and Young People Give Creative Voice to Their Experiences of Grief: Children and Young People Give Creative Voice to Their Experiences of Grief

I Will Remember These Things Forever: Children and Young...

Author: Julie Edwards ,  Nicole Rotaru
ISBN: 9780646377919
Format: Paperback
$21.95

A collection of art works and words created by bereaved children and young people participating in programs facilitated...  Read More >>

Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives

Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children's Lives

Author: Silverman
ISBN: 9780195109542
Format: Hardback
$170.95

""Never Too Young To Know"" brings together diverse fields of study and offers a multifaceted theoretical approach...  Read More >>

Children, Bereavement and Trauma: Nurturing Resilience

Children, Bereavement and Trauma: Nurturing Resilience...

Author: Ian Morland ,  Julie Nagy
ISBN: 9781853027857
Format: Paperback
$47.99

Deriving from the author's experience of working with bereaved children after the Hillsborough disaster, the book...  Read More >>

Every Person's Guide to Death and Dying in the Jewish Tradition

Every Person's Guide to Death and Dying in the Jewish...

Author: Ronald H. Isaacs
ISBN: 9780765760289
Format: Hardback
$114.95

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The Complete Bedside Companion: No-Nonsense Advice on Caring for the Seriously Ill

The Complete Bedside Companion: No-Nonsense Advice on...

Author: Rodger McFarlane ,  Philip Bashe
ISBN: 9780684843193
Format: Paperback
$89.63

Drawing from the experiences of caretakers of the seriously ill--and the knowledge of medical, legal, financial,...  Read More >>

Lives and Deaths: Selections from the Works of Edwin S. Shneidman

Lives and Deaths: Selections from the Works of Edwin...

Author: Antoon A. Leenaars
ISBN: 9781583910115
Format: Paperback
$110.00

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The Mourning for Diana

The Mourning for Diana

Author: Tony Walter
ISBN: 9781859732380
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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The Mourning for Diana

The Mourning for Diana

Author: Tony Walter
ISBN: 9781859732335
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Surviving Literary Suicide

Surviving Literary Suicide

Author: Jeffrey Berman
ISBN: 9781558492110
Format: Paperback
$74.80

An examination of the effect of """"suicidal literature"""" on readers - novels and poems that depict, and sometimes...  Read More >>

Marx on Suicide

Marx on Suicide

Author: Karl Marx
ISBN: 9780810116382
Format: Paperback
$52.67

In 1864, Karl Marx published an essay titled """"Peuchet on Suicide"""" as a translation of excerpts from the memoirs...  Read More >>

Beyond the Body: Death and Social Identity

Beyond the Body: Death and Social Identity

Author: Elizabeth Hallam ,  Jenny Hockey
ISBN: 9780415182928
Format: Paperback
$131.00

Presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors...  Read More >>

Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity

Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity...

Author: Jon Davies
ISBN: 9780415129916
Format: Paperback
$90.99

Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian...  Read More >>

Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity

Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity...

Author: Jon Davies
ISBN: 9780415129909
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian...  Read More >>

Beyond the Body: Death and Social Identity

Beyond the Body: Death and Social Identity

Author: Elizabeth Hallam ,  Jenny Hockey
ISBN: 9780415182911
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors...  Read More >>

The Child's Discovery of Death: A study in child psychology

The Child's Discovery of Death: A study in child psychology...

Author: Sylvia Anthony
ISBN: 9780415209816
Format: Hardback
$735.00

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Death and Dying Sourcebook

Death and Dying Sourcebook

Author: Annemarie S. Muth
ISBN: 9780780802308
Format: Hardback
$205.92

Basic Information for the Layperson about End-of-Life Care and Related Ethical and Legal Issues, Including Chief...  Read More >>

Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality

Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality...

Author: Sarah Tarlow (University of Wales, Lampeter)
ISBN: 9780631206149
Format: Paperback
$105.95

* Provides an introduction to the study of death and remembrance in the past. * Focuses not only on material culture...  Read More >>

Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality

Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality...

Author: Sarah Tarlow (University of Wales, Lampeter)
ISBN: 9780631206132
Format: Hardback
$230.95

Provides a historical archaeology of death, burial and bereavement from the Reformation to the end of the 20th century....  Read More >>

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife

Author: Erik Hornung ,  David Lorton
ISBN: 9780801485152
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were...  Read More >>

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