Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

After Diana: Irreverent Elegies

After Diana: Irreverent Elegies
Author: Mandy Merck ISBN: 9781859842652 Format: Paperback	$24.99
The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was met by the greatest public mourning witnessed in the 20th century. For... Read More >>

After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss through the Years

After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss through...
Author: Ann K. Finkbeiner ISBN: 9780801859144 Format: Paperback	$53.99
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International Handbook of Funeral Customs

International Handbook of Funeral Customs
Author: Kodo Matsunami ISBN: 9780313304439 Format: Hardback	$96.00
This handbook explores the current cultural and religious customs concerning death, burial, and mourning in countries... Read More >>

Loss and Bereavement: Managing Change

Loss and Bereavement: Managing Change
Author: Ros Weston (MA (Ed), Lecturer and Researcher,Health Education Unit,University of Southampton and formerly Chairperson of Victim Support,Wiltshire) , Terry Martin ISBN: 9780632047871 Format: Paperback	$134.95
This is a practical guide for those involved in teaching and learning about bereavement, loss and managing change.... Read More >>

Thinking Clearly about Death

Thinking Clearly about Death
Author: Jay F. Rosenberg ISBN: 9780872204263 Format: Paperback	$44.75
Jay Rosenberg's penetrating and persuasively argued analysis of the central metaphysical and moral questions pertaining... Read More >>

Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture

Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture
Author: Jonathan Dollimore ISBN: 9780415921749 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Coping with Loss

Coping with Loss
Author: Colin Murray Parkes ISBN: 9780727910684 Format: Paperback	$86.99
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'This Rash Act': Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the Victorian City

'This Rash Act': Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the...
Author: Victor Bailey ISBN: 9780804731232 Format: Hardback	$113.95
What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide... Read More >>

Compass of the Dying: Poems

Compass of the Dying: Poems
Author: Laurence Lieberman ISBN: 9781557285102 Format: Paperback	$40.70
When Laurence Lieberman writes of Guyana or islands in the Dutch West Indies, he excavates, explores, even exhumes... Read More >>

Compass of the Dying: Poems / by Laurence Lieberman.

Compass of the Dying: Poems / by Laurence Lieberman....
Author: Laurence Lieberman ISBN: 9781557285096 Format: Hardback	$50.60
When Laurence Lieberman writes of Guyana or islands in the Dutch West Indies, he excavates, explores, even exhumes... Read More >>

The Lifework of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Its Impact on the Death Awareness Movement

The Lifework of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Its Impact...
Author: Michele Chaban ISBN: 9780773483026 Format: Hardback	$245.68
This text suggests that the claims made for Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's work are inflated if not erroneous. It uncovers... Read More >>

Demographic Yearbook

Demographic Yearbook
Author: United Nations ISBN: 9789210510875 Format: Hardback	$231.95
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Judahite Burial Practices and Beliefs about the Dead

Judahite Burial Practices and Beliefs about the Dead...
Author: Elizabeth Bloch-Smith ISBN: 9786611803605 Format: Electronic book text	$844.80
This book presents a full picture of the weight system of Iron Age Judah, based on archaeological finds, historical... Read More >>

Morality, Mortality: Volume I: Death and Whom to Save From It

Morality, Mortality: Volume I: Death and Whom to Save...
Author: F. M. Kamm (Professor of Philosophy, Adjunct Professor of Law, Professor of Philosophy, Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University) ISBN: 9780195119114 Format: Paperback	$84.95
Why is death bad for us, even on the assumption that it involves the absence of experience? Whom should we save... Read More >>

After Homicide: Practical and Political Responses to Bereavement

After Homicide: Practical and Political Responses to...
Author: Paul Rock (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science) ISBN: 9780198267959 Format: Hardback	$165.95
After Homicide describes the collective responses of bereaved people to the aftermath of violent death. The book... Read More >>

The Suicidal Mind

The Suicidal Mind
Author: Shneidman ISBN: 9780195118018 Format: Paperback	$40.95
Suicide haunts our literature and our culture. In our century, psychology and psychiatry have attempted to understand,... Read More >>

Perspectives On Loss: A Sourcebook

Perspectives On Loss: A Sourcebook
Author: John H. Harvey ISBN: 9780876309100 Format: Paperback	$98.99
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Mourning the Dreams: How Parents Create Meaning from Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Early Infant Death

Mourning the Dreams: How Parents Create Meaning from...
Author: Claudia Malacrida ISBN: 9781598742879 Format: Paperback	$83.99
An accessible and moving research account of parents’ experiences of grief and recovery after losing an infant during... Read More >>

Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal...
Author: Linda L. Emanuel ISBN: 9780674666542 Format: Paperback	$74.95
A clear account of the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and historical, empirical,... Read More >>

Perspectives On Loss: A Sourcebook

Perspectives On Loss: A Sourcebook
Author: John H. Harvey ISBN: 9780876309094 Format: Hardback	$284.00
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Widows in India: Social Neglect and Public Action

Widows in India: Social Neglect and Public Action
Author: Martha Alter Chen ISBN: 9780761992486 Format: Hardback	$224.27
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The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-Flight Accidents

The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts...
Author: Malcolm MacPherson ISBN: 9780688158927 Format: Paperback	$39.60
Officially called the ""cockpit voice recorder"", the black box records the final moments of any in-flight accident.... Read More >>

Suicide in African Americans

Suicide in African Americans
Author: David Lester, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781560725626 Format: Hardback	$198.00
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Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome

Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome
Author: Donald G. Kyle ISBN: 9780415096782 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Rome killed many thousands of people & animals in elaborate public spectacles. This provocative book asks not only... Read More >>

Sibling Bereavement: Helping Children Cope with Loss

Sibling Bereavement: Helping Children Cope with Loss...
Author: Anne Farrant ISBN: 9780304702053 Format: Paperback	$92.27
The effect of losing a brother or sister can result in severe emotional trauma for a child. This book allows victims... Read More >>

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