D.D. - Death & Dying 1

The Untold Story of American Funeral and Mourning Traditions Why do we embalm the deceased? Why are funerals so expensive? Is there a reason coffins are shaped the way they are? Whenーand whyーdid w……続きを見る

The Reverend Russ Ford, who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years, raged against the inequities of the death penaltyーnow outlawed in Virginiaーwhile ministering to ……続きを見る

Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generationーand how t……続きを見る

In Gone Gone, Todd Meyers reckons with grief in the face of overdose death and with the afterlives of loss created by the opioid crisis. Through conversations with friends, lovers, and family member……続きを見る

La mort constitue l’un des moteurs fondamentaux de production d’images, et ce, dès l’aube de l’histoire humaine (Debray, 1992; Belting, 2004; Pigeaud, 2017). Les images mortuaires ont souvent été ap……続きを見る

Death is a clear-cut objective moment, but the process of dying and the choices we make for our own death and others is a wholly different subject. Not becoming educated on your ability to influence……続きを見る

Intrinsèquement liée à la formation de notre planète et aux mouvements de son écorce superficielle, l’activité volcanique a sans relâche sculpté les milieux physiques. Les volcans et leurs éruptions……続きを見る

This practical guide provides a framework and useful techniques for helping bereaved youth in numerous settings This welcomed addition to the field of childhood bereavement is brimming with innovati……続きを見る

Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential. Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and wai……続きを見る

Djekhy & Son, two businessmen living 2500 years ago in the densely populated neighborhoods built around the great temple of Amun at Karnak, worked as funerary service providers in the necropolis on ……続きを見る

“Shines a light on the stigma surrounding mental health and schizophrenia. This deeply personal memoir will give readers greater empathy and understanding in supporting those who are oftentimes misu……続きを見る

Radiation Diaries tells of a month of radiotherapy treatment undergone when Janet Todd was president of a Cambridge college and while her father, in his 100th year, was approaching death, with skin ……続きを見る

An intimate look at the true story of the funerary business of a Theban mortuary priest 2800 years ago as unearthed by an ancient papyrus Petebaste son of Peteamunip, the choachyte, or water-pourer,……続きを見る

This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an ac……続きを見る

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title! "Bushfield and DeFord offer us an excellent, informed and sensitive work that speaks both of the erosion of family systems due to addiction and the complications tha……続きを見る

Sterben dürfen – die Streitschrift eines Arztes Die Würde des Menschen muss auch und gerade bei unheilbar kranken und alten Menschen respektiert und bewahrt bleiben. Viel zu oft allerdings setzen si……続きを見る