Sociology: death and dying Books

The Therapist and the Soul: From Fate to Freedom by Elisabeth LukasElisabeth Lukas is one of the leading practitioners of logotherapy in the world, and is internationally known for applying and extending the work of Viktor Frankl. Frankl noted that, "For...

Julie Mughal has written a moving, compassionate and eloquent book that is ultimately about the strength of the human spirit, even when confronted with unimaginable adversity. It is especially about the strength of wives and mothers who struggle through...

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 book explores how post-death existence is represented in popular film, looking at issues such as continuity, personal identity, and the nature of existence beyond the grave. Film often returns to the theme of dying, death and the afterlife, both...

“Calling in the Soul” (Hu Plig) is the chant the Hmong use to guide the soul of a newborn baby into its body on the third day after birth. Based on extensive original research conducted in the late 1980s in a village in northern Thailand,...

In diesem ungewöhnlichen Werk werden Todesfälle und -fälle aus der Geschichte und der Mythologie beschrieben und analysiert. Die Autoren beschreiben die Umstände der Todesfälle und gehen der Frage nach, was der Tod für die beteiligten Personen bedeutete...

Dans cet ouvrage émouvant, M. Henri Giffard explore les différentes traditions funéraires à travers le monde et à travers l'histoire. De l'ancienne Égypte aux rites contemporains, ce livre est une réflexion poignante sur la mort et notre relation avec...

This insightful examination of death explores its physical, social, and spiritual dimensions. Written by an experienced author, this book is an important resource for scholars and students in the fields of medicine, social sciences, and religion.This...

A collection of epitaphs from graves in London, Edinburgh, and other cities, compiled by J.B. Robinson. A fascinating glimpse into the lives and deaths of people from different eras and backgrounds.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

This book is a study of mortality rates in Norway. The author explores the factors that affect death rates and how they vary across different groups of the population. The book provides valuable insights into the social and economic conditions of Norway...

Sometimes we need a story more than food. That is never more true than during our dying time, or when we're taking care of people we love. A few months before she passed away, the author’s mother-in-law asked her: “What do you think...

In recent years, a great deal of interest has been focused on suicide in the elderly and in the young. However, in line with modem trends in psychology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, and other human health fields,...

Since the introduction of voluntary assisted dying in 2019, a 'new moment' in the governance of life and death has opened up within the Australian context. This new moment demands new questions be asked regarding the regime and its effects in this new...

Val Plumwood was an eminent environmental philosopher and activist who was prominent in the development of radical ecophilosophy from the early 1970s until her death in 2008. Her book Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992) has become a classic.In 1985...

New revised 2020 versionSet text for OCR GCSE 9-1DramaexamThis play tells the tragic true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who went missing on the 1st January 2002 after a night out fishing with his best friends.The play explores the mystery of Dan's...