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Books of the Dead
Books Of The Dead
    The art of dying and the
    posthumous journey of the
    soul have been the
    subject of extensive
    literature in many
    cultures. This book
    considers some of these
    most important works: the
    ancient Egyptian funerary
    texts; the Tibetan Bardo
    Thodol; and the Maya and
    Aztec myths of death and
    rebirth.
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Death, Religion and the Family in England, 1480-1750
Death, Religion And The Family
In England, 1480-1750
    The author examines the
    effects of religious
    change on the English
    "way of death" between
    1480 and 1750. He
    discusses relatively
    neglected aspects of the
    subject such as the
    death-bed, will-making
    and the last rites, and
    describes the development
    of the English funeral
    sermon after the Middle
    Ages.
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Suicide
Suicide
    * This book provides a
    systematic overview of
    suicide and suicide
    trends in contemporary
    societies. * It is the
    most comparative and
    up-to-date account of
    suicide currently
    available. * Suicide has
    been a core issue in
    sociology ever since
    Durkheim wrote his famous
    book on suicide.
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Mechanisms of Aging and Mortality
Mechanisms Of Aging And
Mortality
    Reviews the
    epidemiological,
    demographic, and
    biological basis of
    population models of
    human mortality. This
    monograph discusses
    biological mechanisms,
    which shape the
    age-patterns of
    mortality. It also
    investigates the effects
    of an individual health
    state, susceptibility to
    diseases and death, or
    physical frailty on
    changes in late age
    survival.
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Cancer in Young Adults
Cancer In Young Adults
    Designed to be of
    practical assistance both
    to parents and to health
    professionals involved
    with the care of young
    adults with cancer. This
    book addresses issues
    such as sexuality and
    fertility, independence,
    the need for normality,
    the effect on siblings,
    the ownership of medical
    information, financial
    issues, and more.
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Suicide Lawyers
Suicide Lawyers
    Is someone I love at risk
    for suicide? Is it true
    people who talk about
    suicide won't really do
    it? Is it true if a
    person is determined to
    kill him or herself,
    nothing is going to stop
    them? Will talking about
    suicide give someone the
    idea? This book helps you
    know how to recognise,
    react and intervene when
    a loved one is at risk
    for suicide.
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The Matter of Death
The Matter Of Death
    This collection opens up
    spaces where lives end,
    bodies are disposed of
    and memories generated:
    hospitals, hospices,
    care homes, coroners'
    courts, funeral
    premises, cemeteries,
    roadsides, the spirit
    world. Using material
    culture studies it
    illuminates the ways
    human beings make
    meaningful the challenges
    of death, dying and
    bereavement.
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Suicide in Psychiatric Disorders
Suicide In Psychiatric
Disorders
    95 per cent of those who
    commit suicide had a
    psychiatric disorder and
    yet suicide is rarely
    investigated in
    psychiatric patients.
    This book provides a
    relevant contribution to
    the prediction and
    prevention of suicide. It
    also includes chapters
    such as: epidemiology,
    risk factors, preventive
    strategies and available
    treatments.
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Suicide and the Holocaust
Suicide And The Holocaust
    Aims to explore the
    phenomena of the low
    suicide rate in the
    concentration camps
    during the Holocaust,
    and why its survivors
    seem to become
    susceptible to suicide,
    as they grow older. This
    book explores this area
    of history by the case
    study method utilising
    the biographies of famous
    survivors.
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Death and Dying in America
Death And Dying In America
    Presents a fresh approach
    to the topics surrounding
    the processes and rituals
    of death and dying in the
    United States. This book
    highlights the importance
    of two key factors in
    American society which
    determine who dies and
    under what circumstances:
    persistent social
    inequality and the
    American consumerist
    ethic.
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The Dying Game
The Dying Game
    Offers a history of
    everything that has,
    could, and does befall a
    corpse - from the bizarre
    and macabre death rituals
    of ancient and modern
    cultures, to the
    morbidly fascinating
    biological, ethical,
    and legal story that
    begins only when we end.
    This book aims to reveal
    everything you never knew
    (and didn't know you
    wanted to know) about
    death.
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Death and Dying
Death And Dying
    * This stimulating new
    book provides a
    sophisticated
    introduction to the key
    issues in the sociology
    of death and dying. *
    Despite widespread
    interest across the
    social sciences in these
    issues of late, most
    textbooks have been
    written with the needs of
    health professionals in
    mind.
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By Their Own Young Hand
By Their Own Young Hand
    Exploring the findings of
    a survey of deliberate
    self-harm and suicidal
    thinking in adolescents
    in UK, this book draws
    out the implications for
    prevention strategies and
    mental health promotion.
    It offers advice on how
    schools can detect young
    people at risk, cope
    with self-harm or
    attempted suicide, and
    develop training
    programmes for teachers.
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The Loneliness of the Dying
The Loneliness Of The Dying
    Contains two shorter
    books - "The Loneliness
    of the Dying", which
    discusses the changing
    social context of death
    and dying over the
    centuries; and "Humana
    Conditio", which is
    written in 1985 to mark
    the fortieth anniversary
    of the end of the Second
    World War.
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Understanding Suicide
Understanding Suicide
    Covers issues associated
    with suicide, seeking to
    facilitate understanding
    and enable effective
    communication with those
    who may be considering
    it. Beginning with a
    chapter on genetics and
    suicide, this book
    explores how the decision
    to take your own life can
    come about.
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Death and Dying
Death And Dying
    Explores the meaning of
    death, and considers
    caring at the
    end-of-life. This book
    also explores the moral
    and ethical dilemmas in
    the context of death and
    dying. It examines the
    issue of grief and ritual
    after death, and
    considers some of the
    issues that arise when
    researching in the field
    of death and dying.
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Death in the Victorian Family
Death In The Victorian Family
    Drawing upon the private
    correspondence, diaries
    and death memorials of 55
    middle- and upper-class
    families, Pat Jalland
    shows us how dying,
    death and grieving were
    experience by Victorian
    families. She reveals how
    the manner and rituals of
    death and mourning
    differed according to
    various factors.
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A Good Death
A Good Death
    The notion of a 'good
    death' plays an important
    role in modern palliative
    care and remains a topic
    for lively debate. Using
    philosophical methods and
    theories, this book
    provides a critical
    analysis of Western
    notions surrounding the
    dying process in the
    palliative care context.
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Fatal Freedom
Fatal Freedom
    A defence of every
    individual's right to
    choose a voluntary death.
    The book contributes to
    the debates surrounding a
    significant ethical
    question facing our
    society: the right to
    suicide;
    physician-assisted
    suicide; psychiatric
    intervention for suicidal
    patients; and euthanasia.
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Loss and Bereavement
Loss And Bereavement
    Helps students in
    understanding the
    important theoretical
    perspectives and specific
    models of adaptation to
    loss. This work assumes
    that loss and change are
    normal processes which
    occur within a social and
    cultural context, and
    the reader is introduced
    to historical and
    cultural perspectives
    which illustrate the
    diversity of approaches
    to loss.
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For the Living and the Dead
For The Living And The Dead
    The funeral laments of
    Upper Egypt have an
    elaborate and ancient
    history stretching back
    more than 5, 000 years.
    This book explores the
    performance, motifs and
    meanings of the laments
    and reveals their
    relation to myth,
    religion, cosmology and
    the ancient Egyptian
    funerary texts.
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Death in Ancient Rome
Death In Ancient Rome
    For the Romans, the
    manner of a person's
    death was the most
    telling indication of
    their true character.
    Drawing on the varied
    accounts of death in the
    writings of Roman
    historians, poets, and
    philosophers, this work
    investigates the complex
    significance of dying in
    the Roman world.
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Death in England
Death In England
    This work provides a
    social history of death
    from the earliest times
    to Diana, Princess of
    Wales. As we discard the
    20th century taboo about
    death, this book charts
    the story of the way in
    which our forebears coped
    with a fundamental
    aspects of their daily
    lives.
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The Suicidal Mind
The Suicidal Mind
    The author provides the
    language, not only for
    understanding the
    suicidal mind, but for
    understanding oneself and
    the psychological needs
    of the suicidal
    individual. Presenting
    cases that reveal the
    inner workings of the
    suicidal mind, Shneidman
    offers an insight to help
    understand and prevent
    suicide.
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On Bereavement
On Bereavement
    Should the bond with the
    dead be continued or
    broken? What is clear is
    that the grieving
    individual is not left in
    a social vacuum but has
    to struggle with
    expectations from self,
    family, friends,
    professionals and
    academic theorists. This
    book applies sociological
    insights to one of the
    most personal of human
    situations.
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Why People Die by Suicide
Why People Die By Suicide
    In the wake of a suicide,
    the most troubling
    questions are invariably
    the most difficult to
    answer: How could we have
    known? What could we have
    done? And always,
    unremittingly: why?
    Written by a clinical
    psychologist whose own
    life has been touched by
    suicide, this book
    offers an account of why
    some people choose to
    die.
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Continuing Bonds
Continuing Bonds
    Many modern theories hold
    that the function of
    grief and mourning is to
    cut bonds with the
    deceased, freeing the
    survivor to develop new
    relationships. This work,
    however, argues that
    proper resolution of
    grief should enable one
    to develop and maintain a
    continuing healthy bond
    with the deceased.
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Critical Moments
Critical Moments
    Explores how the
    withdrawal of active
    medical treatment is
    managed in intensive care
    units, placing this in
    the context of detailed
    patient case studies.
    This book is of interest
    to nurses working with
    dying people in acute
    hospital environments,
    to those engaged in the
    sociology of death and
    dying, and in the
    conduct of ethnographic
    research.
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Am I Going to Die?
Am I Going To Die?
    John is terminally ill.
    His story deals honestly
    and movingly with the
    physical and emotional
    aspects of dying. As he
    gets weaker John looks
    back at his life, and
    chooses how to spend his
    remaining time. He dies
    at home among family and
    friends. This title is
    part of the "Books Beyond
    Words" series, in which
    the stories are told
    through pictures.
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Understanding Suicide
Understanding Suicide
    Sociologists have debated
    suicide since the early
    days of the discipline.
    This book assesses that
    body of work and breaks
    new ground through a
    qualitatively-driven,
    mixed method
    'sociological autopsy' of
    one hundred suicides that
    explores what can be
    known about suicidal
    lives.
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New Approaches to Preventing Suicide
New Approaches To Preventing
Suicide
    Written by front line
    professionals in the
    fields of nursing,
    mental health, prison
    services and the law this
    text is a useful
    companion to the
    government's suicide
    prevention strategy. The
    contributors offer a
    wealth of practical
    guidance on issues such
    as risk assesssment,
    confidentiality, policy
    and the law.
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A Good Death
A Good Death
    The notion of a 'good
    death' plays an important
    role in modern palliative
    care and remains a topic
    for lively debate. Using
    philosophical methods and
    theories, this book
    provides a critical
    analysis of Western
    notions surrounding the
    dying process in the
    palliative care context.
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The Cultural Sociology of Political Assassination
The Cultural Sociology Of
Political Assassination
    Developing the theory of
    cultural trauma in regard
    to the shattering
    potential effects of
    political assassinations,
    Eyerman examines
    political and social life
    in three different
    national contexts: Martin
    Luther King, Bobby
    Kennedy, and Harvey Milk
    in the U.S.; Theo Van
    Gogh in the Netherlands;
    and Olof Palme and Anna
    Lindh in Sweden
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The Culture of Death
The Culture Of Death
    Western culture has
    always been obsessed with
    death, but now death has
    taken on a new,
    anonymous form. The 20th
    Century saw the mass
    production of corpses
    through war and the
    triumph of technology
    over the human body. The
    new millennium has opened
    with global terrorism and
    the suspension of all
    human rights in far-flung
    prison camps.
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Exit Weeping
Exit Weeping
    Addresses the question of
    why people kill
    themselves and presents
    the background of some
    famous suicides. This
    book includes papers
    which informs us that
    suicides peak in the
    spring, that the
    majority suicides would
    probably be given a
    psychiatric diagnosis,
    that loss of a parent is
    common in the childhoods
    of suicides, and various
    other results.
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History of Suicide
History Of Suicide
    This work examines how a
    culture's attitudes about
    suicide reflect its
    larger beliefs and values
    - attitudes towards life
    and death, duty and
    honour, pain and
    pleasure. The survey
    begins in classical
    Greece and Rome, where
    suicide was acceptable,
    and ends with
    20th-century moral
    dilemmas.
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Aboriginal Suicide is Different
Aboriginal Suicide Is
Different
    That so many young
    Aboriginal people prefer
    death to life implies a
    rejection of what people
    in the broader Australian
    society, have on offer.
    This book presents a
    study of youth who have,
    or feel they have, no
    purpose in life - or who
    may be seeking freedom in
    death.
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Storymaking in Bereavement
Storymaking In Bereavement
    With reflections on the
    process of grief
    experienced in
    bereavement, these 12
    stories are about man's
    struggle with death and
    loss. Intended to
    stimulate coping/helping
    skills, each tale is
    accompanied by three
    story-making structures
    involving the themes of
    death, loss and
    mourning.
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On Suicide
On Suicide
    Traditionally, suicide
    was thought to be a
    matter of purely
    individual despair, but
    Durkheim recognized that
    the phenomenon had a
    social dimension. He
    believed that if anything
    can explain how
    individuals relate to
    society, then it is
    suicide. This work was
    the result of his
    research.
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