Sociology: death & dying books

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Death, Deeds, and Descendents: Inheritance in Modern America

Death, Deeds, and Descendents: Inheritance in Modern...
Author: Remi Clignet , Jens Beckert ISBN: 9780202303987 Format: Hardback	$284.00
Analyses inheritance patterns in modern America. This book shows that inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial... Read More >>

Dying and Death in Law and Medicine: A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals

Dying and Death in Law and Medicine: A Forensic Primer...
Author: Arthur S. Berger , David V. Schapira ISBN: 9780275939281 Format: Hardback	$140.00
While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine... Read More >>

Mortality, Immortality, and Other Life Strategies

Mortality, Immortality, and Other Life Strategies
Author: Zygmunt Bauman ISBN: 9780804721646 Format: Paperback	$43.95
An exploration of what is still a taboo subject in modern societies: death and dying. Bauman puts forward a new... Read More >>

Mortuary Science

Mortuary Science
Author: John F Szabo ISBN: 9781299443686 Format: Electronic book text	$158.37
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Death in Childbirth: An International Study of Maternal Care and Maternal Mortality 1800-1950

Death in Childbirth: An International Study of Maternal...
Author: Irvine Loudon ISBN: 9780198229971 Format: Hardback	$296.95
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Mortality Patterns and Trends in the United States

Mortality Patterns and Trends in the United States
Author: Paul E. Zopf ISBN: 9780313267697 Format: Hardback	$140.00
Zopf provides a comprehensive account of the biological components of mortality, its various forms and causes, and... Read More >>

Religion and Suicide in the African-American Community

Religion and Suicide in the African-American Community...
Author: Kevin E. Early ISBN: 9780313284700 Format: Hardback	$110.00
Provides an ethnographic study of the buffering effect of the Black church against suicide. Findings indicate a... Read More >>

Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies

Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies
Author: Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw) ISBN: 9780745610160 Format: Paperback	$34.95
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Cemeteries Gravemarkers

Cemeteries Gravemarkers
Author: Richard Meyer ISBN: 9780874211603 Format: Paperback	$79.07
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Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic

Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic...
Author: Elisabeth Bronfen , Rebecca Mortimer ISBN: 9780719038273 Format: Paperback	$64.69
The argument that this book presents is that narrative and visual representations of death can be read as symptoms... Read More >>

Bereavement and Adaptation: A Comparative Study of the Aftermath of Death

Bereavement and Adaptation: A Comparative Study of the...
Author: Marc Cleiren ISBN: 9781560322795 Format: Hardback	$116.00
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Cemeteries Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture

Cemeteries Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture...
Author: Richard Meyer ISBN: 9786613311306 Format: Electronic book text	$63.36
Cemeteries house the dead, but grave-markers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures,... Read More >>

Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan

Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan...
Author: Gary L. Ebersole ISBN: 9780691019291 Format: Paperback	$110.00
An examination of death rituals in early Japan that finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding... Read More >>

The Thanatology Community and the Needs of the Movement

The Thanatology Community and the Needs of the Movement...
Author: Elizabeth Clark , Austin Kutscher ISBN: 9781560242185 Format: Hardback	$139.00
Seeks to provide state-of-the-art information on thanatology. It presents insights on the history, current issues,... Read More >>

Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning Process

Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning...
Author: Greg Mogenson ISBN: 9780895030962 Format: Paperback	$231.00
Written in the genre of ""Imaginal Psychology"", this book presents the imaginal dimension of the mourning process.... Read More >>

Lifetimes: a Beautiful Way to Explain Life and Death to Children: A Beautiful Way to Explain Life and Death to Children

Lifetimes: a Beautiful Way to Explain Life and Death...
Author: Bryan Mellonie ISBN: 9780855721367 Format: Paperback	$17.95
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Suicide and Clinical Practice

Suicide and Clinical Practice
Author: Douglas Jacobs ISBN: 9780880484558 Format: Hardback	$84.48
Over 90% of people who commit suicide have a psychiatric disorder. Those most likely to commit suicide have major... Read More >>

Mortality and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mortality and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Etienne van de Walle , etc. ISBN: 9780198283720 Format: Hardback	$165.00
This volume examines the role played by custom, socio-economic variables, and access to health services, in providing... Read More >>

Suicide: The Forever Decision

Suicide: The Forever Decision
Author: Paul G. Quinnett ISBN: 9780824513528 Format: Paperback	$47.39
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Storymaking in Bereavement: Dragons Fight in the Meadow

Storymaking in Bereavement: Dragons Fight in the Meadow...
Author: Alida Gersie ISBN: 9781853021763 Format: Paperback	$83.99
In this book the author reflects on the processes of grief and more than 50 folk tales are included. The ancient... Read More >>

Suicide Information for Teens: Health Tips about Suicide Causes and Prevention Including Facts about Depression, Risk Factors, Getting Help, Survivor

Suicide Information for Teens: Health Tips about Suicide...
Author: ISBN: 9780780814905 Format: Book	$225.72
"""Provides consumer health information for teens on suicide risk factors, prevention, treatment of depression,... Read More >>

Death and Afterlife: Perspectives of World Religions

Death and Afterlife: Perspectives of World Religions...
Author: Hiroshi Obayashi ISBN: 9780275941048 Format: Paperback	$67.99
Studies of these religions serve as background for comprehending concepts relating to death and afterlife in the... Read More >>

Death and Afterlife: Perspectives of World Religions

Death and Afterlife: Perspectives of World Religions...
Author: Hiroshi Obayashi ISBN: 9780313279065 Format: Hardback	$120.00
Studies of these religions serve as background for comprehending concepts relating to death and afterlife in the... Read More >>

Cemeteries Gravemarkers

Cemeteries Gravemarkers
Author: Associate Professor Richard Meyer (University of Southern California) ISBN: 9781283311304 Format: Electronic book text	$55.31
Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures,... Read More >>

Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner

Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for...
Author: J. William Worden , J. William Worden ISBN: 9780415071796 Format: Paperback	$71.28
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