The ABC's of Grief: A Handbook for Survivors meets bereaved persons wherever they might be in the grieving process, providing snatches of meaning, hope, empathy, and understanding. This handbook is ……続きを見る
Christine Hartmann's mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death. Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartm……続きを見る
For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists. But mummies need not be ancient. Modern-day mummies can be found under glas……続きを見る
The slow violence being inflicted on our environmentーthrough everything from carbon emissions to plastic pollutionーalso represents an impending public health catastrophe. Yet standard health care ……続きを見る
Throughout the centuries, different cultures have established a variety of procedures for handling and disposing of corpses. Often the methods are directly associated with the deceased's position in……続きを見る
Das Gefühlschaos überstehen und weitermachen! Berührende Geschichten, die Trauernden Mut und Hoffnung geben Der Tod eines geliebten Menschen kann plötzlich, oft aber nach einer längeren Krankheit ei……続きを見る
Many books have been written on the subject of death and dying over the last twenty-five years, yet none provides a comprehensive spiritual paradigm combined with practical guidance for resounding e……続きを見る
The second edition of Suicide and Self-Harm in Prisons and Jails provides a comprehensive exploration of how the stress associated with arrest, sentencing, and incarcerated life can contribute to th……続きを見る
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-thr……続きを見る
This book examines the dialectic between fictional death as depicted in the media and real death as it is experienced in a hospital setting.
Using a Terror Management theoretical lens, Davis and Cra……続きを見る
Talking Through Death examines communication at the end-of-life from several different communication perspectives: interpersonal (patient, provider, family), mediated, and cultural. By studying inte……続きを見る
Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best……続きを見る
A "gleaming, humane" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student
Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing……続きを見る
Police and corrections personnel must always be mindful of the possibility that those in their custody may attempt suicide or commit an act of self-mutilation. Persons housed in prisons, jails, and ……続きを見る
