Death & Dying 37

A long-awaited yet startlingly urgent new collection from “a contemporary master”*ーa fierce, big-hearted eye on our last, tumultuous decade, and our fragile environment *Los Angeles Review of Books……続きを見る

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed. E.B. Bartels has……続きを見る

Five friends meet. Only four come home. On Christmas morning, DS Robin Butler has no plans to celebrate. He'll be glad to get back to work a wish that comes true sooner than he anticipates. A dog wa……続きを見る

This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing Americ……続きを見る

In December, 2020, Elizabeth, my wife of 50 years, passed away after struggling for two years with pancreatic cancer and stroke. During this time, the pandemic was raging, and America was struggling……続きを見る

本书根据云南省疾控中心科学监测全省居民死亡原因得到的数据，利用“死亡原因统计分析工具”进行分析，得到云南省居民分地区、年龄、性别的死亡数、死亡率、标化死亡率、期望寿命等指标。整理成数据集形式，用于较为……続きを見る

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in Savor, an “inspiring” (The New York Times Bo……続きを見る

How Much Big Is the Sky is a mother's searingly melodic and eloquent love song to her teenage son, Ryan, following his sudden death resulting from a car crash. Sherry Chapman captures the intimacy a……続きを見る

Todos nós imaginamos uma tribo como tendo uma base racial, étnica, nacional ou política, mas em África tribo é a língua que falamos. Existem 7102 línguas no mundo. 7102 tribos.Um terço delas pode de……続きを見る

Au Québec, la formation pratique occupe une place centrale dans le parcours scolaire des étudiants en travail social. Elle se situe au cœur du processus d’intégration théorie-pratique et s’avère ess……続きを見る

UN’ODE ALL’AMORE DI UNA VITA INTERA. INDIMENTICABILE. «Ora viviamo ogni giorno con la consapevolezza che il nostro tempo insieme è limitato ed estremamente prezioso»: così scrivono Marilyn e Irvin Y……続きを見る

«Dignidad humana» plantea el problema del debilitamiento de la ética pública de nuestra civilización desde la perspectiva del ser humano, orientada hacia dos vertientes: La devaluación del derecho a……続きを見る

And he spread his newly acquired wings and flew along the way back to the light… We like to believe that health is only a manifestation of the physical body. Yet, the body is of minor position. A tr……続きを見る

First published in 1914, “The Unknown Guest” is a book about death and the after-life by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. Chapters include: Phantasms Of The Living And The Dead; Psychometry; ……続きを見る

The global doubling of human life expectancy between 1850 and 1950 is arguably one of the most consequential developments in human history, undergirding massive improvements in human life and lifest……続きを見る

Un'ode bellissima alla vita e all'umanità «Quando passiamo la vita aspettando la fine della giornata, il fine settimana, le ferie, la fine dell'anno, la pensione, stiamo tifando affinché il giorno d……続きを見る

The renowned oral historian interviews ordinary people about facing mortality: "It's the unguarded voices he presents that stay with you." ー The New York Times In this book, the Pulitzer Prize winn……続きを見る

Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. Different societies address death and the act of dying in cu……続きを見る

In the first two decades of the twentieth century, age-adjusted death rates for Parkinson disease among older adults increased from 41.7 to 65.3 per 100,000 population. Among men, the rate increased……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy s……続きを見る

During a pandemic lockdown full of pyjama dance parties, life talks, and final goodbyes, a family helps a father die with dignity. In April 2020, journalist Mitchell Consky received bad news: his fa……続きを見る

There are an estimated 258 million widows worldwide. Demystifying Grief is a primer for women who’ve lost their partners, an accessible handbook on the physical, emotional, and behavioral effects of……続きを見る

No hay lugar para los cuerpos enfermos ahí donde la salud ha suplantado a la virtud. Hoy día, la enfermedad, además de costarle el empleo o llevarlo a la ruina, puede llegar a convertir al enfermo e……続きを見る

Qué hacemos para conseguir que la lucha por una vida digna incluya la exigencia de una muerte digna. Los derechos y libertades humanos no estarán culminados mientras no incluyan el derecho a una mue……続きを見る

Fedón es uno de los diálogos de la época central de Platón, junto con El Banquete, Fedro, y La República. En él se cuenta la última noche de Sócrates en la cárcel; a la mañana siguiente, al amanecer……続きを見る

¿Qué es la eutanasia? ¿Cuáles son sus consecuencias? ¿Cómo saber si un tratamiento es proporcionado? ¿Qué significa "estado vegetativo"? ¿Para qué sufrir? Desde su contacto diario con el dolor, el a……続きを見る

Nuestra sociedad moderna occidental vive de espaldas a la muerte. En apenas dos generaciones, los ritos y símbolos con que antes se acompañaba han desaparecido, convirtiendo la muerte en tabú. Aunqu……続きを見る

The Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased is a guide to stimulating thought and discussion about ongoing attachments between bereaved individuals and their deceased loved ones.……続きを見る

Originally published in 1975, this book traces the problems which arise for families coping with a chronic childhood disease – cystic fibrosis. The discussion of these problems is important for the ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1974, and written by paediatricians, social workers, nurses and a parent who cared for her dying child, this book is concerned with pinpointing the problems which exist for p……続きを見る