Sociology: death & dying books

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The Last Word: Women, Death, and Divination in Inner Mani

The Last Word: Women, Death, and Divination in Inner...
Author: C. Nadia Seremetakis ISBN: 9780226748764 Format: Paperback	$75.95
Based on years of fieldwork in both rural and urban Greece, The Last Word explores women's cultural resistance as... Read More >>

For Capital Punishment: Crime and the Morality of the Death Penalty

For Capital Punishment: Crime and the Morality of the...
Author: Walter Berns ISBN: 9780819181503 Format: Paperback	$88.95
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The Dying and the Bereaved Teenager

The Dying and the Bereaved Teenager
Author: John D. Morgan ISBN: 9780914783442 Format: Paperback	$52.67
An examination of how to help teenagers who are suffering from bereavement, or who are themselves dying. It looks... Read More >>

Current Concepts of Suicide

Current Concepts of Suicide
Author: David Lester ISBN: 9780914783459 Format: Paperback	$65.87
A collection of papers which discusses suicide and its prevention from the viewpoint of anthropology, psychology,... Read More >>

The Last Word: Women, Death, and Divination in Inner Mani

The Last Word: Women, Death, and Divination in Inner...
Author: C. Nadia Seremetakis ISBN: 9780226748757 Format: Hardback	$167.95
Based on years of fieldwork in both rural and urban Greece, The Last Word explores women's cultural resistance as... Read More >>

Death and Dying: A Bibliographical Survey

Death and Dying: A Bibliographical Survey
Author: Samuel Southard ISBN: 9780313264658 Format: Hardback	$120.00
A burgeoning body of literature on death and dying is organized into a comprehensive, carefully outlined, annotated... Read More >>

Mortality of Hispanic Populations: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans in the United States and in the Home Countries

Mortality of Hispanic Populations: Mexicans, Puerto...
Author: Ira Rosenwaike ISBN: 9780313275005 Format: Hardback	$140.00
Hispanics in the United States, numbering 22.4 million at the 1990 census, are the nation's second largest and fastest... Read More >>

Losing a Parent

Losing a Parent
Author: Alexandra Kennedy ISBN: 9780062504982 Format: Paperback	$42.24
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Encountering Death

Encountering Death
Author: Ira David Welch , Richard F. Zawistoski ISBN: 9781559590211 Format: Paperback	$88.99
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Facing Death: Images, Insights, and Interventions: A Handbook For Educators, Healthcare Professionals, And Counselors

Facing Death: Images, Insights, and Interventions: A...
Author: Sandra L. Bertman ISBN: 9781560322238 Format: Paperback	$94.99
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Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults

Grief in Children: A Handbook for Adults
Author: Atle Dyregrov , William Yule ISBN: 9781853021138 Format: Paperback	$65.87
Explains children's understanding of death at different ages and outlines how adults can best help them to cope... Read More >>

Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual, c.1500–c.1800

Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual,...
Author: Nigel Llewellyn ISBN: 9780948462160 Format: Paperback	$60.59
Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided, in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes... Read More >>

Children and Death

Children and Death
Author: Costa Papadatos , Danai Papadatou ISBN: 9781560320432 Format: Hardback	$252.00
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Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies

Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies...
Author: Theresa Huntley ISBN: 9780806625492 Format: Paperback	$23.73
Children are bewildered and full of questions when a grandparent or other relative or friend dies. This book helps... Read More >>

The Bedside Book of Death

The Bedside Book of Death
Author: Robert Wilkins ISBN: 9780806512778 Format: Paperback	$42.24
Filled with bizarre anecdotes and illustrated with ghoulish images, this most unusual bedside companion records... Read More >>

Dealing with Death: Practices and procedures

Dealing with Death: Practices and procedures
Author: Jennifer Green and Michael Green , Michael Green ISBN: 9780412364105 Format: Paperback	$189.95
A reference source to the complex procedures required when someone dies. Combining medico-legal facts and practical... Read More >>

Experiences of Death: An Anthropological Account

Experiences of Death: An Anthropological Account
Author: Jenny Hockey ISBN: 9780748602216 Format: Hardback	$158.40
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From Autothanasia to Suicide: Self-killing in Classical Antiquity

From Autothanasia to Suicide: Self-killing in Classical...
Author: Anton J. L. van Hooff ISBN: 9780415040556 Format: Hardback	$336.00
Autothanasia and suicide; is there a moral difference? Dr van Hooff covers the facts, attitudes and reflections... Read More >>

What Did I Die Of?: The Deaths of Parnell, Wilde, Synge and Other Literary Pathologies

What Did I Die Of?: The Deaths of Parnell, Wilde, Synge...
Author: J.B. Lyons ISBN: 9780946640799 Format: Paperback	$31.55
Erudite yet entertaining, this sparkling collection of essays by Dublin’s leading medical historian combines literature... Read More >>

To Die or Not to Die?: Cross-Disciplinary, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives on the Right to Choose Death

To Die or Not to Die?: Cross-Disciplinary, Cultural,...
Author: Arthur S. Berger , Joyce Berger ISBN: 9780275935856 Format: Hardback	$131.00
Discussing the sensitive legal and ethical issues surrounding an individual's right to die, this book integrates... Read More >>

The Politics of Children's Survival

The Politics of Children's Survival
Author: George Kent ISBN: 9780275937232 Format: Hardback	$140.00
Separate chapters address alternative designs of social systems, the idea of viewing children as a form of human... Read More >>

Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities

Suicide Among the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities...
Author: Barbara Brant , Aaron P. Lipman ISBN: 9780313265228 Format: Hardback	$140.00
More than 1000 administrators of long-term care facilities in the United States were randomly selected and surveyed... Read More >>

Sleepless Souls: Suicide in Early Modern England

Sleepless Souls: Suicide in Early Modern England
Author: Michael MacDonald (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Michigan) , Terence R. Murphy (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, American University, Washington DC) ISBN: 9780198229193 Format: Hardback	$231.95
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Youth Suicide : A Comprehensive Manual for Prevention and Intervention

Youth Suicide : A Comprehensive Manual for Prevention...
Author: Barbara Barrett Hicks ISBN: 9781879639102 Format: Paperback	$52.67
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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece

Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
Author: Dennis D Hughes ISBN: 9781280331138 Format: Electronic book text	$364.32
In this, the first book length study of the subject for 75 years, the author provides a fascinating examination... Read More >>

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