Sociology: Death & Dying

David Balk, who has devoted most of his professional life to teaching and especially with college students and their life journeys, offers Helping ...

This book fills a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the grief response of parents who have lost a child to traumatic death and the ps...

A superlative piece of writing... provocative, loving and profound THE TIMES Without exaggeration, an awe-inspiring achievement NIGELLA LAWSON Movi...

As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out i...

A mention of mummification immediately brings to mind the ancient Egyptians--but the Roman Catholic Church has long used the practice to preserv...

''This book may on first glance appear to be about death and regrets, but is in reality about life and choices. It is warmly life-affirming ... A m...

Governing Death, Making Persons tells the story of how economic reforms and changes in the management of death in China have affected the governanc...

Having wounded his father with a hurtful letter when he was twenty-three, Tom Couser felt somewhat responsible for his later mental collapse. When ...