Sociology: death and dying

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"e;This is a very substantive book that encompasses the various aspects of advance care planning, both prior to and after a diagnosis of a life-limiting disease.

The issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era.

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Protecting and Promoting Client Rights examines the inherent tensions within the family assessor role when there is no overarching compulsory regulatory body in social work.

The Science of Crime Scenes, Second Edition offers a science-based approach to crime scenes, emphasizing that understanding is more important than simply knowing.

EMS in Crime Scene: Role of Medical Emergency Teams in Forensic Cases addresses the different settings that occur in pre-hospital environments, along with the medical-forensic relevance surrounding evidence preservation.

Pedigree Analysis in R gives an introduction to the theory of relatedness and covers a range of applications in forensic and medical genetics.

A close look at stories of maternal death in Malawi that considers their implications in the broader arena of medical knowledge.

For many today, retirement and the leisure said to accompany it have become vestiges of a slower, long-lost time.

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.

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A penetrating and provocative exploration of human mortality, from Epicurus to Joan Didion For those who don’t believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality; that true immortality would be awful; and that we experience the kinds of losses in life that we will eventually face in death.

A leading public critic reminds us of the compelling reasons people throughout time have found to stay alive Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve.

Asian American men represent a complex group with distinct psychological and mental health concerns, yet the current counseling literature is lacking in resources for clinicians working with this population.

The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family.

For more than a century, people have been drawn to sites of tragedy involving the rich, beautiful and notorious of Hollywood.

Nineteenth-century Victorian-era mourning rituals--long and elaborate public funerals, the wearing of lavishly somber mourning clothes, and families posing for portraits with deceased loved ones--are often depicted as bizarre or scary.

The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location.

The Executioner's Toll, 2010 is a meticulous examination of every execution (and the details surrounding the execution) carried out in a single year--and a thought-provoking exploration into the minds of 46 killers as each plays the role of predator, quarry and condemned.

In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been legally hanged, gassed or electrocuted for capital crimes during the century after the Civil War.

When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark--rarely do thoughts of death come to mind.

North Carolina sent more than 125,000 men and boys to fight the Civil War.

In the state of Georgia, 1025 men and women are known to have been hanged or electrocuted for capital crimes in the century after the Civil War.

The theme of death is an essential component of film narrative, particularly in how it affects the hero.

In the century following the Civil War, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia legally executed hundreds of men and women convicted of capital crimes.

The long history of medical care for the dying has largely been neglected.

The Divine Art of Dying explores the time when individuals facing a life-limiting illness make critical decisions about how they will live until they die.

Funeral expenses in the United States average more than $10,000.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play is now a major motion picture.

Death is increasingly on the agenda for baby boomers moving ever closer to it.

While meaning and purpose are often seen as synonymous, this book argues that they sometimes are in opposition, the search for meaning at times suicidal, and living with purpose life-enhancing and invigorating.

No resulta fácil hablar de nuestras pérdidas, de nuestras muertes y duelos.

Have you ever been locked in a cooler with piles of decomposing humans for so long that you had to shave all the hair off your body in order to get rid of the smell?

Esta obra ofrece en primer lugar una definción de la familia moderna caracterizada cada vez más como "nuclear", y por el hecho de que los hijos no tienen prisa alguna por separarse de los padres y organizar autónomamente su vida.

This Element shows how New Religious Movements variously conceptualize science.

This Element shows how New Religious Movements variously conceptualize science.

Nach langer Diskussion hat der Bundestag 2009 ein Gesetz zur Patientenverfügung verabschiedet.

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Viele Konzepte für die ersten Jahre der Demenz greifen bei fortschreitender Erkrankung nicht mehr.

Seit 1990 hat sich die Kinderhospizarbeit zu einem wichtigen Pfeiler im Unterstützungssystem für lebensverkürzend erkrankte Kinder/Jugendliche und ihre Familien entwickelt.

Das Curriculum für den Qualifizierungskurs "Palliative Care für Seelsorgende", erwachsen aus der Praxis eines ökumenisch geleiteten Kurses und geprägt durch einen spezifischen, überkonfessionellen Zugang zum Begriff Spiritualität, bietet eine Übersicht über Lernziele und inhaltliche Schwerpunkte des Kurses.

Can you imagine swapping your body for a virtual version?

"e;I wish I had not had to write this book because then my lovely son Reuben would still be alive,"e; says David Cohen.

'An incredibly useful take on facing grief as a young person' CARIAD LLOYD'Brilliantly, brilliantly written .

This volume comprehensively explores the life trajectories of nine child/adolescent Holocaust concentration camp survivors as recollected when the subjects were elders.

This fascinating work explores the meaning of death in the digital age, showing readers the new ways digital technology allows humans to approach, prepare for, and handle their ultimate destiny.

Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena.

Working with Infertility and Grief: A Practical Guide for Helping Professionals explores issues of grief, including disenfranchised grief and chronic sorrow, related to infertility and reproductive loss.