Death & Dying 27

Hoe ga je om met het verlies van een ouder als je zelf nog niet zo lang op eigen benen staat? Van harte gecondoleerd geeft een beeld van hoe leeftijdgenoten dat doen. Je leest de ervaringen van mens……続きを見る

‘A conscience-pricking look at the reality of life on Britain’s streets . . . Illuminating, timely and urgent’ – Sunday Times ‘A story that desperately needed to be told’ – Michael Sheen Tony froze ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984 Reproductive Ritual examines fertility and re-production in pre-industrial England. The book discusses both through anthropological research and reviews of contemporary ……続きを見る

Originally published in 2002 Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam is a study of the history and consequences of the revolutionary campaign to transform culture and ritual in northern Vietnam. B……続きを見る

Originally published in 1989, Death, Ritual and Bereavement examines the social history of death and dying from 1500 to the 1930s. This edited collection focuses on the death-bed, funerals, burials,……続きを見る

»Lernen Sie es kennen, das Trio Infernal der Vergänglichkeit.« (Oliver Müller) Was passiert mit uns, wenn wir altern, sterben, tot sind? Ohne Sentimentalität, aber sehr empathisch beschreibt Oliver ……続きを見る

A radical revaluation of how contemporary society perceives deathーand an argument for how it can make us happy. “He who would teach men to die would teach them to live,” writes Montaigne in Essais,……続きを見る

"Jeder Mensch stirbt anders, und die meisten Menschen sterben ungefähr so, wie sie gelebt haben … eine Kämpfernatur wird kämpfen bis zum Schluss." Gian Domenico Borasios Essay ist in keinster Weise ……続きを見る

This is the story of how and why a talented writer came to kill himself. When Diana Athill met the man she calls Didi, an Egyptian in exile, she fell in love instantly and out of love just as fast. ……続きを見る

La muerte es un hecho presente en la consciencia de las personas solo en apariencia. En realidad la muerte es algo con lo que no contamos en nuestra trayectoria diaria, ya que pertenece, en última i……続きを見る

Il testo descrive, in forma didattica ed autobiografica, la nuova modalità formativa ideata dall'autore, da utilizzare con adulti che si occupano di supporto a persone in situazione di difficoltà. 続きを見る

Music of the Soul guides the reader through principles, techniques, and exercises for incorporating music into grief counseling, with the end goal of further empowering the grieving person. Music ha……続きを見る

The first book that explains how to open to the immensity of living with deathーand how participating fully in life is the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. In Who Dies?, the Levines p……続きを見る

This wide-ranging and accessible book offers a stimulating introduction to the field of media anthropology and the study of religious ritual. Johanna Sumiala explores the interweaving of rituals, co……続きを見る

This book provides practical evidence-based strategies that will help clinicians across a broad range of disciplines to address and discuss the main issues an aging person is likely to face and over……続きを見る

Se siamo addolorati per la perdita di una persona cara, dobbiamo sapere che non siamo soli. Quando sembra che il nostro dolore sia troppo grande da sopportare, consideriamo la grande famiglia di col……続きを見る

Was wir vom Tod fürs Leben lernen können Christoph Kuckelkorn, Bestatter aus Köln, führt ein "Doppelleben": Zum einen lenkt er eines der ältesten Bestattungsunternehmen in Deutschland, gleichzeitig ……続きを見る

Have you ever had to decide what to do with an unidentified corpse by a Devonian cowshed when the herd is due in for milking? And how would you react if one of your patients was abducted by aliens? ……続きを見る

Man’s desperate pursuit of happiness has been the single greatest source of evil throughout the ages. Modern civilization’s needy preoccupation with the self has taken evil to new heights. If man is……続きを見る

John Birmingham's father died. And his life fell apart. The next six months were spent grinding through the black forests of depression until he finally emerged out of the darkness onto sunlit uplan……続きを見る

From the 1990s the British developed an interest in natural burial, also known as woodland, green, or ecological burial. Natural burial constitutes part of a long, historical legacy for British fune……続きを見る

First published in 1997, this book contributes to our understanding of the way our society responds to issues of death and dying. The trans-disciplinary research which informs this discussion is sit……続きを見る

Rarely heard about in our society are caregivers' thoughts and feelings about life, death, and dying and how they act on those feelings. "For the Living: Coping, Caring and Communicating with the Te……続きを見る

Candidly written, ""On Death Without Dignity: The Human Impact of Technological Dying"", attempts to re-humanize the inevitable biological occurrence called dying. It is Moller's view that through t……続きを見る

The Situation - A Radical Journey Thru Sisterhood is an intimate portrayal of two sisters, Carolyn and Lila, whose lives are deeply intertwined over forty years. "The official FDNY response time to ……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'Gripping from the start, Written in Bone is superb' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes 'No Scientist communicates better than Sue Black'……続きを見る

Uuno Kailaan viides runokokoelma "Uni ja kuolema" julkaistiin vuonna 1931 vain kaksi vuotta ennen runoilijan traagista kuolemaa. Kokoelman runot liikkuvat mystisessä välitilassa unen ja kuoleman raj……続きを見る

How digital technology--from Facebook tributes to QR codes on headstones--is changing our relationship to death. Facebook is the biggest cemetery in the world, with countless acres of cyberspace occ……続きを見る

Über den Tod hinaus Geschichten und Gedichte, die Hoffnung schenken Der Tod eines lieben Menschen ist ein einschneidendes Ereignis im Leben der Hinterbliebenen, aber kein Ende, vielmehr der Start in……続きを見る

Sorrow and Solace focuses on the importance of cemeteries in the lives of everyday mourners, and ways in which our bereaved give meaning to and draw value from their commemorative activities. The de……続きを見る