Sociology: death and dying

Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse.

Spousal bereavement seems to be one of the most devastating things a person can suffer through during the course of his or her life and it can result in adverse bio-psycho-social consequences for the left behind spouse.

Nobody likes to face death - and yet we all do.

*2016 Silver IPPY Award Winner for Aging/Death & DyingIn Spiritual Perspectives on Death and Dying, the author gathers basic insights from five major sources: C.

Fear of accidents or acts of terror, illness or dying, loneliness or grief - if you're like most people such anxieties may be robbing you of the peace that could be yours.

Fear of accidents or acts of terror, illness or dying, loneliness or grief - if you're like most people such anxieties may be robbing you of the peace that could be yours.

Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years.

Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest.

"e;The milkman cried when I told him you were dead.

"e;Counseling Individuals with Life-Threatening Illness provides a practical guide for counselors who work with clients and families impacted by life-threatening illness.

This core introductory text, with a focus on clinical application, combines the knowledge and skills of counseling psychology with current theory and research in grief and bereavement.

Praise for the First Edition:"e;The book is well-written, interesting, informative, thorough, and useful!

This award-winning, bestselling reference for professional counselors and graduate students is extensively updated and expanded to encompass critical developments that are immediately relevant to the counseling professions, including the 2014 American Counseling Association Code of Ethics, CACREP/CORE accreditation standards, DSM-5, the Affordable Care Act, and many other important changes.

In this comprehensive handbook, a leading group of experts improve our understanding of the challenges faced by children when coping with death, dying, and bereavement.

In this comprehensive handbook, Charles Corr and David Balk improve our understanding of the challenges faced by adolescents when coping with death, dying, and bereavement.

Delivers the collective wisdom of foremost scholars and practitioners in the death and dying movement from its inception to the present.

This empirically-based study of older adults ranging in age from 70-90 years examines the influence of family relations, religious beliefs, age-related health changes, culture, and more on personal meanings of death, fears of death, and views of the dying process.

This practical guide provides a framework and useful techniques for helping bereaved youth in numerous settingsThis welcomed addition to the field of childhood bereavement is brimming with innovative yet practical interventions for human service professionals helping grieving youth in a variety of settings.

Fourth Edition Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

"e;[Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective.

Praise for the First Edition: "e;[This book] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective.

The study of "e;the end of life"e; has become a major focus on medicine, the social sciences, ethics, and religion.

"e;Occasionally I read a book and say to myself that this is a book that I wished I had written.

"e;David Balk, who has devoted most of his professional life to teaching and especially with college students and their life journeys, offers Helping the Bereaved College Student as a major contribution to the field.

"e;The book is well-written, interesting, informative, thorough, and useful!

"e;I found this book to be a well-written, sensitively presented, and important resource for those engaged in this critical area of work.

"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.

In The Already Dead, Eric Cazdyn examines the ways that contemporary medicine, globalization, politics, and culture intersect to produce a condition and concept that he names "e;the new chronic.

Passed On is a portrait of death and dying in twentieth-century African America.

Raising the Dead is a groundbreaking, interdisciplinary exploration of death's relation to subjectivity in twentieth-century American literature and culture.

In Necro Citizenship Russ Castronovo argues that the meaning of citizenship in the United States during the nineteenth century was bound to-and even dependent on-death.

Talking to the Dead is an ethnography of seven Gullah/Geechee women from the South Carolina lowcountry.

This practical guide provides a framework and useful techniques for helping bereaved youth in numerous settingsThis welcomed addition to the field of childhood bereavement is brimming with innovative yet practical interventions for human service professionals helping grieving youth in a variety of settings.

For millennia, the rituals of death and remembrance have been fixed by time and location, but in the twenty-first century, grieving has become a virtual phenomenon.

"e;The book is well-written, interesting, informative, thorough, and useful!

The World of Obituaries looks at obituaries as a rich source of information on cultural representations of gender.

"e;Occasionally I read a book and say to myself that this is a book that I wished I had written.

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race.

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race.

"e;A unique firsthand record of this history and culture of death in Kentucky relayed nearly word-for-word to preserve the language, style and emotion.

"e;A unique firsthand record of this history and culture of death in Kentucky relayed nearly word-for-word to preserve the language, style and emotion.

"e;A compelling account of the zombi as an anthropological reality and evocative symbol of a state of dispossession, desperation, and death.

No one who reads this book will ever again think of his or her own death in the same way.

All human beings encounter loss and death, as well as the grief associated with these experiences.

This award-winning, bestselling reference for professional counselors and graduate students is extensively updated and expanded to encompass critical developments that are immediately relevant to the counseling professions, including the 2014 American Counseling Association Code of Ethics, CACREP/CORE accreditation standards, DSM-5, the Affordable Care Act, and many other important changes.

Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.

A compassionate, honest, and illuminating look at the dying process .

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