Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Suicide in Creative Women

Suicide in Creative Women
Author: David Lester, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781560721505 Format: Hardback	$303.60
This book traces suicide in creative women. Stress, alcohol, and life's traps ensnared these women. But why especially... Read More >>

The High Cost of Dying

The High Cost of Dying
Author: Gregory W. Young ISBN: 9780879758684 Format: Hardback	$62.99
Offers an overview of the funeral home business. This title provides information needed by consumers, legal advisors,... Read More >>

Killing and Letting Die

Killing and Letting Die
Author: Bonnie Steinbock , Alastair Norcross ISBN: 9780823215621 Format: Hardback	$159.95
""An excellent volume, which will be useful to both professional philosophers and students.""-Ethics Read More >>

Death of a Mother: Daughters' Stories

Death of a Mother: Daughters' Stories
Author: Rosa Ainley , Dorothy Rowe ISBN: 9780044409281 Format: Paperback	$20.67
A collection of writings by women, reflecting the diverse range of emotions felt - from despair to relief - on the... Read More >>

Understanding Suicide: A Case Study Approach

Understanding Suicide: A Case Study Approach
Author: David Lester, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781560721499 Format: Hardback	$208.56
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Death Anxiety Handbook: Research, Instrumentation, And Application

Death Anxiety Handbook: Research, Instrumentation, And...
Author: Robert A. Neimeyer ISBN: 9781560322825 Format: Hardback	$231.00
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Step-by-step Guide to the Estimation of Child Mortality

Step-by-step Guide to the Estimation of Child Mortality...
Author: United Nations ISBN: 9789211511833 Format: Paperback	$33.95
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Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism

Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism...
Author: Carl B Becker ISBN: 9780809318452 Format: Hardback	$50.60
In this much-needed examination of Buddhist views of death and the afterlife, Carl B. Becker bridges the gap between... Read More >>

Bearing the Dead: The British Culture of Mourning from the Enlightenment to Victoria

Bearing the Dead: The British Culture of Mourning from...
Author: Esther Schor (Princeton University, New Jersey) ISBN: 9781282752061 Format: Electronic book text	$189.95
Esther Schor tells us about the persistence of the dead, about why they still matter long after we emerge from grief... Read More >>

Personal Care in an Impersonal World: A Multidimensional Look at Bereavement

Personal Care in an Impersonal World: A Multidimensional...
Author: John Morgan ISBN: 9780895031105 Format: Paperback	$98.99
Seeks answer to the question: ""Can we attend to the personhood of individuals within systems and cultures which... Read More >>

Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil

Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life...
Author: Nancy Scheper-Hughes ISBN: 9780520075375 Format: Paperback	$64.95
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Sleepless Souls : Suicide in Early Modern England

Sleepless Souls : Suicide in Early Modern England
Author: Michael MacDonald , Terence R. Murphy ISBN: 9780198204503 Format: Paperback	$62.95
This social history of suicide in early modern England traces the rise and fall of the crime of self-murder and... Read More >>

Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity

Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity...
Author: Norman L. Cantor ISBN: 9780253313041 Format: Hardback	$47.95
An advance medical directive (living will) is a device aimed at controlling medical intervention during the dying... Read More >>

The Tombs of El-Hagarsa

The Tombs of El-Hagarsa
Author: Naguib Kanawati ISBN: 9780856686160 Format: Paperback	$290.40
Excavation report. Read More >>

Mortality, Immortality, and Other Life Strategies

Mortality, Immortality, and Other Life Strategies
Author: Zygmunt Bauman ISBN: 9780804721639 Format: Hardback	$65.95
An exploration of what is still a taboo subject in modern societies: death and dying. Bauman puts forward a new... Read More >>

Gender, Art and Death

Gender, Art and Death
Author: Janet Todd (University of Aberdeen) ISBN: 9780745610559 Format: Paperback	$34.95
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After Freedom: Cultural Study in the Deep South

After Freedom: Cultural Study in the Deep South
Author: University of Wisconsin Press , Brackette F. Williams ISBN: 9780299137847 Format: Paperback	$57.20
A complete ethnography of an Afro-American community in the USA. Set in a town in the Deep South, it describes how... Read More >>

Personal Care in an Impersonal World: A Multidimensional Look at Bereavement

Personal Care in an Impersonal World: A Multidimensional...
Author: John Morgan ISBN: 9780895031099 Format: Hardback	$284.00
Seeks answer to the question: ""Can we attend to the personhood of individuals within systems and cultures which... Read More >>

Death and Dying Understanding and Care

Death and Dying Understanding and Care
Author: Barbara Backer , Noreen Russell ISBN: 9780827349544 Format: Paperback	$443.39
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A Psychology of Hope: An Antidote to the Suicidal Pathology of Western Civilization

A Psychology of Hope: An Antidote to the Suicidal Pathology...
Author: Kalman Kaplan , Matthew B. Schwartz ISBN: 9780275943790 Format: Hardback	$140.00
This book offers a new approach by combining the disciplines of history, psychology, and religion to explain the... Read More >>

Ethnicity and the American Cemetery

Ethnicity and the American Cemetery
Author: R.E. Meyer ISBN: 9780879726003 Format: Hardback	$44.75
Cemeteries are open cultural texts, available to be read and appreciated by anyone who takes the time to learn their... Read More >>

Family Relations: Challenges for the Future

Family Relations: Challenges for the Future
Author: Timothy H. Brubaker ISBN: 9780803939462 Format: Paperback	$233.00
Families today are changing in response to shifts in the broader environment: dual-career couples, single-parent... Read More >>

Family Relations: Challenges for the Future

Family Relations: Challenges for the Future
Author: Timothy H. Brubaker , Timothy H. Brubaker ISBN: 9780803939455 Format: Hardback	$369.00
Families today are changing in response to shifts in the broader environment: dual-career couples, single-parent... Read More >>

Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity in Universality

Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity...
Author: Donald P. Irish , Kathleen F. Lundquist ISBN: 9781560322788 Format: Paperback	$88.99
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Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning Process

Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning...
Author: Greg Mogenson ISBN: 9780895030979 Format: Hardback	$263.00
Written in the genre of ""Imaginal Psychology"", this book presents the imaginal dimension of the mourning process.... Read More >>

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