Death & Dying 28

"Recommended for the provocative questions it raises concerning the effect on the patient of the structure of medical care, concerning the important decisions regarding policy facing the medical pro……続きを見る

Gary is at wits end and he's finally made a decision to take all of the gathered evidence he has and decides to report everything to the Department of Justice. As he reports everything, he worries a……続きを見る

First published in 1926, Bertram S. Puckle's “Funeral Customs” is a comprehensive account of traditional funerary traditions and customs throughout history and from all over the world. From lost anc……続きを見る

In H. Rider Haggard's compelling novel "Regeneration," the reader is drawn into a vividly constructed world that explores the complexities of human nature amidst the backdrop of the rapidly industri……続きを見る

La mort provoquée, une question d'éthique. En France, la question de l'euthanasie divise encore l'opinion publique. Ce livre viendra donc utilement éclairer le débat. En effet, en Belgique, l'euthan……続きを見る

Kaksi veljestä, Lauri ja Juha, elelevät rinnakkain samassa suurehkossa talossa puolisoidensa kanssa. Kuitenkin vain Lauri saa lapsia. Laurilla kuluu rahaa perheeseen, kun taas Juhalla jää rahaa enem……続きを見る

Despite the range of studies into grief and mourning in relation to the digital, research to date largely focuses on the cultural practices and meanings that are played out in and through digital en……続きを見る

Contributions by Allan Amanik, Kelly B. Arehart, Sue Fawn Chung, Kami Fletcher, Rosina Hassoun, James S. Pula, Jeffrey E. Smith, and Martina Will de Chaparro Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic C……続きを見る

In "The House of the Hidden Places", first published in 1895, Walter Marsham Adams clearly lays out evidence that the Great Pyramid at Giza corresponds architecturally to the initiation ritual detai……続きを見る

‘the Light’ explores a world where you wake up and know this is the day you die. How would such a world shape the way we think, our views on each other and society, how we conduct our personal and f……続きを見る

Une proposition insolite pour considérer l'euthanasie dans un futur proche La maladie est injuste, le cancer est injuste et la mort l'est aussi. Bernard Lebeau le sait bien, lui qui accompagne ses m……続きを見る

*'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in Mind* We all know how this ends is a new ap……続きを見る

Dr Sparrow is back, coping with more bizarre, macabre and hilarious situations. Following his successful debut with Country Doctor, he once more guides us through the daily rounds of the weird and w……続きを見る

This book systematically investigates the capital punishment of girls and women in one jurisdiction in the United States over nearly four centuries. Using Connecticut as an essential case study, due……続きを見る

In "Cremation of the Dead," William Eassie delves into the intricate cultural and philosophical dimensions surrounding death and cremation. Employing a blend of lyrical prose and analytical discours……続きを見る

This ebook presents a list of unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. Note: some of the deaths are mythological or ar……続きを見る

A valuable booklet which describes in detail what a caregiver can expect when a person is dying. This end-of-life process can be unsettling if you don’t know what is going on. For example, some symp……続きを見る

Humans of the advanced world are the most violent beings of all times. This violence is evident in the conditions of perpetual warfare and the accumulation of the most powerful and destructive arsen……続きを見る

Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States. Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an early figure in the civil rights movement. She was born into slavery, and gained her freedom whe……続きを見る

Transhumanism is an international cultural movement which seeks to fundamentally transform the human condition through radical technological enhancement. Transhumanists claim that we are already in ……続きを見る

An ethnographic exploration of technoscientific immortality Immortality has long been considered the domain of religion. But immortality projects have gained increasing legitimacy and power in the w……続きを見る

Charles Wilkins, then a university student, took a job as a gravedigger in a vast corporate cemetery in the east end of Toronto during the hazy summer of 1969. The bizarre-but-true events of that ti……続きを見る

Soul Companion: A Memoir is the true adventures of Judy Hilyard, as she travels to the Afterlife in joyful service to others and education of self. Judy recounts her experiences of living life as an……続きを見る

During the 19th century, death shadowed daily life. A high infant mortality rate, poor sanitation, risk during childbirth, poisons, ignorance, and war kept 19th-century Americans busy practicing the……続きを見る

At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a reread……続きを見る

This book explores the cultural meanings of the criminal body in the west through historical and multidisciplinary frameworks, examining both how the criminal corpse was viewed as a repository of po……続きを見る

After is a ground-breaking book for anyone curious about the scope of the human mind, the nature of consciousness, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. 'Absorbing and convincing' Daily Mail An Inde……続きを見る

This practical book is for people who are grieving, for people who want to support them as they undertake the painful journey of grief, and for anyone who wants to reflect on their own experiences o……続きを見る

- How do the living maintain ongoing relationships with the dead in Western societies? - How have the residual belongings of the dead been used to evoke memories? - Why has the body and its material……続きを見る

The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional a……続きを見る