Death & Dying 8

The remarkable, life-changing story of a cat with an extraordinary gift. They thought he was just a cat. When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island he w……続きを見る

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist David R. Dow confronts the reality of his work on death row when his father-in-law is diagnosed with lethal melanoma, his beloved Doberman becomes fatally……続きを見る

Before he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death - sometimes hilarious and often poignant - and on what will or won't happen after his last breath is drawn. Dur……続きを見る

De roman De laatste keuze is voortgekomen uit de vraag: "Hoe gaan we als samenleving om met de dood?" Door de ogen van diverse personages - elk met hun eigen strijd tegen ouderdom, ziekte, eenzaamhe……続きを見る

LET US LIVE HAPPILY; WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME IN THIS WORLD. EACH ONE HAS THEIR EXACT DATE OF DEATH. How much longer do you have to live in this world? Another 5, 7, 18, 30 or even 40 years of life?……続きを見る

Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide. This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized and challenged……続きを見る

Marketing Palliative Care explores what happens when marketing is confronted with dying. Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in palliative contexts across Switzerland, Italy, and the United……続きを見る

O que acontecerá quando a Morte Física deixar de ser universal, mas o Tédio Existencial se tornar a nova praga da humanidade? Na Arcologia dos Primogênitos, a elite comprou a Longevidade Radical, co……続きを見る

Metapoesia, ecfrase, amores permanentes de tão efêmeros, poética da natureza e das coisas, tributo a pessoas que morreram e crítica social constituem a lírica deste livro com seus 123 poemas. 続きを見る

Widows convey their feelings and survival strategies in this compelling anthology The Widows’ Handbook is the first anthology of poems by contemporary widows, many of whom have written their way out……続きを見る

Doordat de wetenschap zich razendsnel ontwikkelt, leven we steeds langer. Hoe heeft de mensheid in de loop der tijd tegen veroudering en de dood gestreden? En welke methoden zullen we in de toekomst……続きを見る

Pese a su corta vida, Robert Hertz (1881-1915), discípulo de Émile Durkheim y Marcel Mauss, ha pasado a la historia como uno de los científicos sociales contemporáneos más relevantes. Este volumen r……続きを見る

A lo largo de nuestra vida, todos vamos a experimentar un duelo asociado a una pérdida significativa. El fallecimiento de un ser querido, el diagnóstico de una enfermedad, la desaparición de un vínc……続きを見る

A richly researched and deeply spiritual work, Spirits, Ghosts, and Dybbuks: Afterlife Journeys in Yiddish Lore delves into the arcane realms of Jewish afterlife beliefs as vibrantly expressed throu……続きを見る

Un libro delicado, sobrio y vital sobre los vínculos familiares, la ausencia y la escritura. Una elegía fulgurante. Diez años después de la muerte de su padre, el narrador de este libro decide escri……続きを見る

Un llibre delicat, savi i vital sobre els vincles familiars, l’absència i l’escriptura. Una elegia fulgurant. Deu anys després de la mort del seu pare, el narrador d’aquest llibre decideix escriure-……続きを見る

Social and cultural factors can strongly influence how we approach death and dying, including attitudes towards death, rituals and practices surrounding death, and end-of-life care. Current knowledg……続きを見る

Should Canadians have the right to medical assistance in dying? If so, under what conditions? Deciding on Death delves into the legal and political aspects of these controversial questions. In the e……続きを見る

Desde las tradiciones grecolatinas hasta las influencias judeocristianas, pasando por los cambios provocados por la modernidad, la secularización y el avance de la biomedicina, cada época ha dejado ……続きを見る

Two expert thinkers tackle one of the most difficult and divisive issues of our times: assisted dying 'Absolutely fantastic. It gives you a deep sense of the morality, the legality, the technicality……続きを見る

As a cultural artifact, memorials have been a part of funerary traditions for centuries and have continued to evolve as human culture has changed over time. This volume draws from a diverse, interna……続きを見る

Transportation, Post-Penal Identity and the Life Course explores the life-courses of convicts who, after being transported to Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania, and released from servitude, died in pa……続きを見る

The practice of visiting locations connected to death, calamity, and human sufferingーknown as "dark tourism"ーhas become a fascinating but contentious area of research. Bringing together top academ……続きを見る

This book draws on original research to illuminate how the personal values and norms of healthcare professionals in the Emergency Department (ED) influence how they experience the death of a patient……続きを見る

Le déroulement des derniers jours et la façon dont nous mourons n’ont pas changé. Ce qui a changé, c’est que nous avons perdu notre ancienne intimité avec ce processus. Nous ne savons plus quels mot……続きを見る

Alors que le débat sur la fin de vie en France se place sur un plan éthique et théorique, ne faudrait-il pas d’abord écouter les premiers concernés ? Dans ce bouleversant récit, ce sont les mourants……続きを見る

This volume for the first time examines the intricate and often obscured interplay between death and public relations across historical periods and within contemporary society. Beyond its natural in……続きを見る

Nem todo crime termina quando o culpado é encontrado. Em Nos Bastidores da Investigação – Volume 2: Crimes reais, pistas ocultas e a busca pela verdade, o leitor é levado de volta ao universo das in……続きを見る

Metapoesia, ecfrase, amores permanentes de tão efêmeros, poética da natureza e das coisas, tributo a pessoas que morreram e crítica social constituem a lírica deste livro com seus 123 poemas. 続きを見る

LÍRICA NENHUMA reúne 72 poemas de amor e abandono, depressão, tentação ao suicídio, fracasso amoroso e o processo de resistir a tudo isso, com imagens remetentes à natureza e às circunstâncias comez……続きを見る