Sociology: death and dying Books

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Do you need a break from the stress of life? or have you wondered if there is a better life for you? Do you feel stagnant, stressed, and ready for a change?Are you terrified of wasting your life with too many tiring years and too little peace? If you...

"Kein Antlitz in einem Sarg hat mir je gezeigt, daB der Eben-Verstorbene uns vermiBt. Das Gegenteil davon ist Uberdeutlich . . . Der Verstorbene UberlaBt mich der Erinnerung an meine Erlebnisse mit ihm . . . Er hingegen, der...

Lena Heilmann lost her sister, Danielle, to suicide in 2012. Experiencing the enormous weight of grief, she reached out to other sibling suicide loss survivors to find comfort, healing, and connection. Still With Us contains 23 stories of...

Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is the captivating account of Frances Shani Parker's hospice volunteer insights and experiences in Detroit, Michigan nursing homes. This universal book includes stories, general...

When Ron Zaleski returned home from his service to the Marine Corps in 1972, he was plagued by feelings of anger and guilt. As an act of penance, in 2006 he walked barefoot across the Appalachian Trail, where he learned self-forgiveness, empathy, and...

On March 21, 2019, Lark Dean Galley experienced a devastating loss-the unexpected suicide of her 19-year-old son. Having already endured her own father's suicide five years earlier, this second death hit especially hard. All expectations for the future...

In Clergy Retirement: Every Ending a New Beginning for Clergy, Their Families, and Congregants, retirement is likened to a death experience, but much more. Besides saying goodbye to congregants, colleagues, and a career, it is equally important, as in...

First published in 1923, this book contains the third volume of Nicolas Camille Flammarion's “Death and its Mystery”, which deals with the age-old question of what happens when you die. In this volume, Flammarion concentrates on various time periods...

The theme of death is an essential component of film narrative, particularly in how it affects the hero. Filmmakers from different cultures and backgrounds have developed distinct yet archetypal perspectives on death and the protagonist's response...

CW: Suicidal ideation, self-harm, sex/death psychodynamics, but the journey moves from such darkness into radiant, transformative light!"and the glints on waves, are not glints on waves, but... stars..."In summer 2010, gay British artist and poet Bruce...

What awaits beyond the cemetery gates .? Journey into the cemetery and beyond with author Minda Powers-Douglas and meet cemetery sextons, gravediggers, preservationists, writers, artists, authors, ghost hunters, the director of a funeral museum, a...

Hulp En Aanzetting Tot Zelfmoord is een boek geschreven door Samuel Julius Hirsch en gepubliceerd in 1882. Het boek behandelt het onderwerp zelfmoord en de verschillende factoren die hieraan bijdragen, zoals psychologische en sociale omstandigheden...

Falret examine les causes de l'hypochondrie et du suicide à la lumière de la psychologie moderne. Cette étude offre une réflexion approfondie sur les facteurs sociaux et individuels qui peuvent conduire à ces comportements autodestructeurs. Ce livre est...

If you are seeking a light to guide you through the seasons of loss and death, then The Last Day of Winter will help you find compassion, reassurance, and genuine answers to the practical questions that arise when you are caring for a loved one who is...

“Life’s not fair!” So says every teen ever. And it’s true.“All’s fair in love and war.” Growing up (with or without love) is the greatest war. Ever.This poetic memoir describes the second chapter of the formation...

Saying your final goodbye to a person you hold dear is never easy but if you are in the company of your family and friends, the grief would be much more bearable. This Funeral Guest Register is designed so that those who pay their last respects can leave...

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief. People experiencing loss must learn to accommodate it and, sometimes, relearn new roles. Whether the offender is accommodating general loss (such as...

Published by: PREMIUM BOOK PUBLISHERWhat happens to your consciousness at death?This book explores several scientific ideas about consciousness. Not just neural correlations, but ideas about the role of the observer in relation to reality, the possible...

In this thought-provoking examination of the practice of personifying death in art and literature, James Cooper asks why we find it so compelling to represent the end of life in this way. Through a range of examples and analysis, Cooper explores the...

This is a book of suicide prevention poems by Walter the Educator™. Creating a poetry book that encourages a person not to commit suicide serves as a powerful tool to provide hope, solace, and support to individuals who may be struggling with...

It's Time to Invite Death Out of the Closet!The impending or actual death of someone close to you can be devastating. It doesn't matter if you knew it was coming, or if it was a total shock-you'll never be the same. There is no right way to grieve, and...

You are an adult! It's incredibly frustrating that you have got to this stage of your life, and you can't communicate without losing your rage. But when this impacts your entire life, it's time to change!One drink seems like a typical, sociable idea. But...

This study examines suicide perceptions of police officers from two groups, east coast officers and west coast officers. To investigate this problem, the researcher conducted a quantitative analysis utilizing a previously validated instrument...

De Quincey Memorials V2 is a book written by the famous English essayist, Thomas De Quincey. It was first published in 1891 and is a collection of De Quincey's personal writings and recollections. The book is divided into several chapters that cover...

Out of the Nightmare. An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain. . decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and...

A marriage with an imperfect love story goes tragically wrong one summer in a small college town in Virginia, and the husband is left picking up the pieces of pain and regret. How did it end in suicide instead of divorce? What he discovers six...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Religion, Note: 1,0, Universität Siegen (Sozialwissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Siegen), Veranstaltung: Theorien der Moderne, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Ziel der vorliegenden...

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families Losing a parent is a traumatic blow, and the grief can seem unbearable. But you are not alone, and you can get through this...

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own familiesWhen a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive little support or recognition of their pain. But their grief...

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families The pain and shock when a child dies can seem unbearable. But expert-on-grief Katherine Fair Donnelly, who has suffered...

Dieses Buch untersucht den Selbstmord aus einer psychologischen und erfahrungsbasierten Perspektive. Der Autor Carl August Diez geht auf die verschiedenen Ursachen und Arten von Selbstmord ein und bietet Einsichten in die psychologischen Faktoren, die...

Letters to Mitch - The Healing Power of Grief, Love & Truth is the true story of how a young man uses his greatest wound as a gift to heal his life. When Marshall Dunn learns the devastating news that his elder brother, Mitch, has taken his own...

"There’s so much silence around suicide in the church that it is quite literally killing us.” — Rachael KeefeWould you know how to respond if the person sitting next to you in your pew was...

In this set of essays Walima T. Kalusa and Megan Vaughan explore themes in the history of death in Zambia and Malawi from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Drawing on extensive archival and oral historical research they examine the impact...

This book contains the near-death experience (NDE) testimonies of LGBTQ and Non-Gay persons including a comparison analysis of their testimonies.

This book began as an exploration of the scope and limits of a state-adopted suicide prevention manual. It expanded into the creation of useful and efficacious guidelines for school-based suicide prevention in order to effectively implement those...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Jura - Sonstiges, Note: 1,7, FernUniversität Hagen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit gibt zunächst einen Überblick über die geltende Rechtslage in Deutschland rund um die Suizidproblematik. Daneben...

Do you feel guilt and shame because your loved one took their own life?Does it feel like you will never feel joy and happiness again?If you've lost a loved one to suicide, you may feel like your life is over-or that you want to crawl in a hole and hide...