Sociology: death and dying

From Pliny to Petrarch to Pope-Hennessy and beyond, many have understood the obvious connection between portraiture and commemorative practice.

For bereaved parents the development of a continuing bond with the child who has died is a key element in their grieving and in how they manage the future.

Three-quarters of deaths in the U.

Self-harm in adolescents is an increasingly recognized problem, and there is growing awareness of the important role schools and health services can play in detecting and supporting those at risk.

The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities.

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.

"e;What a wonderful surprise-a charming, lyrical book about the men and women who write obituaries .

Grieving women in early modern English drama, this study argues, recall not only those of Classical tragedy, but also, and more significantly, the lamenting women of medieval English drama, especially the Virgin Mary.

Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Now a major motion picture starring Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Lois Smith, and Tim Robbins.

Focusing on the role of genre in the formation of dominant conceptions of death and dying, Desiree Henderson examines literary texts and social spaces devoted to death and mourning in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America.

Do Funerals Matter?

This book offers a detailed and sensitive account of how parents experience different forms of baby loss, and subsequently make decisions about post-mortem examination.

Loss and consequent grief permeates nearly every life changing event, from death to health concerns to dislocation to relationship breakdown to betrayal to natural disaster to faith issues.

The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful.

From Roger Rosenblatt, author of the bestsellers Making Toast and Unless It Moves the Human Heart, comes a moving meditation on the passages of grief, the solace of solitude, and the redemptive power of loveIn Making Toast, Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his thirty-eight-year-old daughter, Amy.

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Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science.

How has the Jewish family changed over the course of the twentieth century?

In spite of an upsurge in interest in the social history of the Catholic community and an ever-growing body of literature on early modern 'superstition' and popular religion, the English Catholic community's response to the invisible world of the preternatural and supernatural has remained largely neglected.

Moira Farr discovered Daniel Jones' body on Valentine's Day, 1994.

In a revised and updated edition, this book continues the debate on whether transplantable organs of executed capital felons should be used to save lives.

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

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

In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been identified as of critical importance in understanding the social and cultural impact of the Reformation.

Most aged in India are experiencing a highly protracted death in hospitals, entangled in tubes and machines.

Mike Fechner had cofounded an urban renewal ministry called H.

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

A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented.

Post-mortems may have become a staple of our TV viewing, but the long history of this practice is still little known.

Ana and her son, Philippe, are grieving the loss of Philippe's father when Ana's hairstylist Kimi dies in an apparent suicide.

Over a million people commit suicide worldwide every year.

Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history.

Originally published in 2002 Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam is a study of the history and consequences of the revolutionary campaign to transform culture and ritual in northern Vietnam.

This first book-length study of fictional suicides in East German literature provides insight into the complex and dynamic rhetoric of the GDR and the literariness of its literature.

Patient suicide is an unavoidable occupational hazard of psychiatric practice.

Teen suicide has long been considered one of society's darkest secrets; the idea of troubled young people driven to take their own lives was a tragedy too horrible to contemplate, let alone talk about openly.

Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.

An inevitable and universal experience, dying is experienced by individuals in different ways, often related to the character of our relationships, family structures, gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and economic means.

'Insightful and refreshing.

The poignant, powerful (The Boston Globe) look at how to appreciate life from an extraordinary professor who teaches about death: Poetic passages and assorted revelations youll likely not forget (Chicago Tribune).

It aims to provide the practitioner with a description of depression, an explanation of factors that contribute to mood disorders and guidance on their assessment and treatment in adolescence.

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

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.