Sociology: death and dying

This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate the law, political science and ethical perspectives collectively in relation to the right and value of life.

Talking to the dead and communication with 'the other side' is often presented as a taboo in an increasingly technological and medically advanced world.

Talking to the dead and communication with 'the other side' is often presented as a taboo in an increasingly technological and medically advanced world.

Challenging the widely held notion of a hospice as a building or a place, this book argues that it should instead be a philosophy of care.

Challenging the widely held notion of a hospice as a building or a place, this book argues that it should instead be a philosophy of care.

In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Quebec were murdered or committed suicide.

In October 1994, fifty-three members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Quebec were murdered or committed suicide.

Well-known authors in the field of ageing and spirituality present their considered contributions to current understandings in this fast-changing field.

Well-known authors in the field of ageing and spirituality present their considered contributions to current understandings in this fast-changing field.

The first ever full-length study exploring how Dickens''s fiction engaged with, responded to, and even exploited Victorian attitudes to death.

The first ever full-length study exploring how Dickens''s fiction engaged with, responded to, and even exploited Victorian attitudes to death.

Examines how state government policies and their historic beginnings have present-day effects on their residents'' political lives and on population health, especially for marginalized groups.

Examines how state government policies and their historic beginnings have present-day effects on their residents'' political lives and on population health, especially for marginalized groups.

This study creates a holistic research base by looking at the demographics of the ageing population and reviewing existing studies.

This rich collection of original essays illuminates the causes and consequences of the South''s defining experiences with death.

This rich collection of original essays illuminates the causes and consequences of the South''s defining experiences with death.

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century Greece.

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century Greece.

Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs - first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) - are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.

Social death occurs when the social existence of a person or group ceases.

Social death occurs when the social existence of a person or group ceases.

The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context.

The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context.

Mass violence and terrorism are a salient phenomenon in the late modern society, showing no sign of decline.

Mass violence and terrorism are a salient phenomenon in the late modern society, showing no sign of decline.

Death is an unanswerable question for humanity, the question that always remains unanswered because it lies beyond human experience.

Death is an unanswerable question for humanity, the question that always remains unanswered because it lies beyond human experience.

Put ideas into practice using theoretical concepts and real-life examples The MBA Handbook, 9th Edition by Cameron is a vital resource for MBA and other postgraduate management students to gain maximum learning benefit from their programme.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

A convincing critique of the neglect of death in psychoanalytic theory, arguing that death has been a repressed subject in psychoanalysis.

A convincing critique of the neglect of death in psychoanalytic theory, arguing that death has been a repressed subject in psychoanalysis.

In-depth anthropological studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.

In-depth anthropological studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.

Sarah Tarlow''s interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland.

Sarah Tarlow''s interdisciplinary study examines belief as it relates to the dead body in early modern Britain and Ireland.

Discusses how the memory of traumatic events, such as genocide and torture, is inscribed within human bodies.

Discusses how the memory of traumatic events, such as genocide and torture, is inscribed within human bodies.

This book comprehensively examines children''s ideas about death, both biological and religious.

This book comprehensively examines children''s ideas about death, both biological and religious.

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic.

Attitudes towards death are shaped by our social worlds.

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on the landscape and features of Aotearoa New Zealand that underpin its familiar, though country-specific, ways of caring for the dead.

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory.

Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory.

Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance.

Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance.

Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement.

Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement.