Death & Dying 39

The Process of Dying and our Journey Beyond What really happens when we shed our physical body! By Dieter G. Gedeik Why should you care? What would you do if your manager at work tells you that she ……続きを見る

From the bestselling neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm, comes Henry Marsh's And Finally, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and neuroscience. As a retired brain surgeo……続きを見る

Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you’ve never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish – a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace. Now imagine th……続きを見る

By the New York Times’s legendary war correspondent, written while battling terminal brain cancer: a life-affirming memoir of high adventure, deep wisdom, and finding true happiness amid the unlikel……続きを見る

Kriminalpolitiet i Stockholm behandlede i løbet af 1977-78 en speciel og kompliceret sag om dødshjælp. Efterforskningen resulterede i tiltale og retssag i efteråret 1978. Det juridiske hovedspørgsmå……続きを見る

This book looks to existential thinkers for reasons to hope immortal life could be worth living. It injects new arguments and insights into the debate about the desirability of immortality, and tack……続きを見る

Margaret Laurence’s much admired Manawaka fictionーThe Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, and *The Divinersー*has achieved remarkable recognition for its compassiona……続きを見る

The prospect of death requires more than messages that console us or philosophies that immunize us from its actual implications. Whether you are approaching your own death, facing the death of a lov……続きを見る

When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer, M.D., conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived and died pur……続きを見る

Taking a broad interpretation of “supernatural” to include anything beyond nature, Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural examines the liminality of often-overlooked types of supe……続きを見る

Death comes to all humans, but how death is managed, symbolised and experienced varies widely, not only between individuals but also between groups. What then shapes how a society manages death, dyi……続きを見る

Prachtige, originele en ontroerende levensverhalen van 100-jarigen ‘Het leven gaat niet om gelukkig of succesvol zijn, maar om verbondenheid, met de natuur en de mensen om je heen.’ Fred Hisschemöll……続きを見る

“Fear mixed with dread, combined with a heart racing, stomach-churning sense of panic . . .” Donna Easter’s reminiscence of her husband’s death to prostate cancer cuts deep. Even if you’ve never los……続きを見る

Armando Bartra realiza un recorrido por la historia de las epidemias, sus contextos socioculturales y la forma de afrontarlas, que culmina en la actual pandemia de Covid-19. La obra recopila testimo……続きを見る

Since the rise in deaths through Covid-19, there has been an increase in the need for personal, heartfelt ceremonies to celebrate the end of life. More and more people are questioning traditional id……続きを見る

Get an (after) life! A belief in the afterlife is common to almost every faith and culture around the world. Even people who don't consider themselves 'spiritual' share a fascination in life after d……続きを見る

Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind's understanding of physiological death. Anchored in Early Modern……続きを見る

The one thing we all have to deal with at some time in our lives is the death of someone we love. And yet this is an eventuality that very few of us are prepared for. This book, by encouraging the p……続きを見る

First published in 1920, The Burial of the Dead emerged from the idea that the primitive man did not imagine graves as receptacles for the dead, but refuges for the living. The book is an anthropolo……続きを見る

Ahonu’s baby was found dead in his crib. There was no sound, no struggle. The postmortem failed to show an adequate cause of death. This 3-part series is the desperate story of a father’s grief, and……続きを見る

After Life is a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and ……続きを見る

In every Western democracy today, inheritances have a very profound influence on people’s lives. This motivates renewed scholarship on inheritance law by philosophy and the legal sciences. The prese……続きを見る

Embodied encounters with death affect humans deeply, with the power to crush, transform and strengthen individuals and relationships. Understanding that these encounters often have a musical accompa……続きを見る

Sociology of Death and the American Indian examines dying, death, disposal, and bereavement practices and applies those concepts to selectAmerican Indian tribes historically and currently, supplemen……続きを見る

'Those last few words don't just help the dying; they can help save the lives of those left behind' Following a tragedy, Zoe flees Australia and makes a life for herself in the UK. Now working as a ……続きを見る

This book addresses the dying process and the nature of death itself with the intention that it might help us to accept and embrace both these things as a part of life. Intended to provide a shift i……続きを見る

The Silly Thing is an account of a woman's acceptance of and struggle with living and dying with a grade 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the brain. It is told from the perspective of her dau……続きを見る

This volume bridges the gap between forensic and cultural anthropology in how both disciplines describe and theorize the dead, highlighting the potential for interdisciplinary scholarship. As applie……続きを見る

À la question, être ou ne pas être un animal, Paul, biologiste de renom, tente d’y répondre en mettant en scène sa propre finitude. C’est ainsi qu’il laisse sa vie entre les mains de la science et d……続きを見る

Grief knocks you to your knees and you're left knowing your life will never be the same. Losing someone you love is hard. But when the dust settles and the pain starts to fade, grief can surprise yo……続きを見る