Sociology: Death & Dying

In the early 1970s bereavement support groups were almost unknown. However, the obvious benefits of the group process for recovery - the mutual sup...

This volume is directed towards professionals who work in the fields concerning death and dying. These professionals must perceive the needs of peo...

Shneidman presents basic ideas of the common characteristics of suicide. He offers a fresh definition of the phenomenon, which includes direct impl...

This book offers a critical review of the main psychological theories on adaptation after loss followed by an overview of the results of the empiri...

Treatment of suicidal people takes three forms: prevention - strategies to avert conditions leading to suicide; intervention - treatment and care d...

Facing Death is a unique handbook for educators, healthcare professionals and counselors. It uses materials from the visual arts, excerpts from poe...

The intent of Death and Ethnicity emphasizes that death occurs to us as unique individuals living within particular sociocultural settings. Those w...

This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court's most recent decisions regarding the le...

This book is a brief but comprehensive survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying. It is interdiscipli...

This book is a brief but comprehensive survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying. It is interdiscipli...

Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore...

This compelling text and dramatic photographic essay convey the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village--the funeral, the sin...

The pursuit of death and the love of death has characterized Western culture from Homeric times through centuries of Christianity, taking particula...

Every year in the UK over 10,000 babies die before birth or shortly afterwards. For the parents, the grief is hard to bear. In this book, parents w...

Intellectually and visually stimulating, this important landmark book looks at the religious, political, social and artistic significance of the Im...

The pursuit of death and the love of death has characterized Western culture from Homeric times through centuries of Christianity, taking particula...

This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. Today's society is uncomfortable with d...

Death, Gender and Ethnicity examines the ways in which gender and ethnicity shape the experiences of dying and bereavement, taking as its focus the...

Talking about death is now fashionable, but how should we talk? Who should we listen to - priests, doctors, cousellors, or ourselves? Has psycholog...

This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. Today's society is uncomfortable with d...

This book examines research on death, dying and bereavement, and how our approaches, perceptions and expectations shapes what we can know about the...

Talking Through Death examines communication at the end-of-life from several different communication perspectives: interpersonal (patient, provider...

Why did certain domestic murders fire the Victorian imagination? In her analysis of literary and cultural representations of this phenomenon across...

Cemetery Tours and Programming: A Guide shows the range and opportunities of cemetery programming that go beyond basic starting points like dog-wal...