Sociology: death & dying books

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Dr Sparrow's adventures would be utterly unbelievable were they not 100% true stories. His bedside manner may sometimes...  Read More >>

Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and why-explained...  Read More >>

Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that her family endured, a horrific...  Read More >>

Features carefully selected articles that help students better understand the causes, functions, and similarities...  Read More >>

Explores death and its relics as they appear within the confines of the eighteenth-century British novel. The book...  Read More >>

Viewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning...  Read More >>

Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into...  Read More >>

The book that every funeral professional eventually threatens to write has been written. Table For One is an honest...  Read More >>

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""A Yale physician's fascinating and wise exploration of why so many people die poorly and how a medieval bestseller...  Read More >>

With a view to investigating the role of city sextons in local governance processes, how they contribute to public...  Read More >>

Chronicles the modal patterns, diversity, and change of ancient mortuary practices from across the US Southwest...  Read More >>

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This book analyses the practices of today’s mediums, who insist on standing at the threshold between life and death,...  Read More >>

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This edited collection explores the reception of dead rock stars, ’rock’ being taken in the widest sense. When music...  Read More >>

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This volume presents an interdisciplinary perspective on end-of-life matters, covering themes such as patients’...  Read More >>

Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes...  Read More >>

Examining a wide range of cross-cultural cases, Jason Manning argues that suicide arises from increased inequality...  Read More >>

The neurological criteria for the determination of death remain controversial within secular and Catholic circles,...  Read More >>

Tangible remains play an important role in our relationships with the dead; they are pivotal to how we remember,...  Read More >>

This book explores the spatial manifestations of dealing with bereavement and grief. It resituate and revisits ""consolation""...  Read More >>