Author: Kellehear,Allan Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dying as otherworld journey to the contemporary Cosmopol...
Author: Lindsay, Keith R. Publisher: Vision Paperbacks Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A hilarious romp through the past, present and future of the funeral, And In the End looks at some of the most bizarre and unusual ways to say goodbye.
Author: Hallam, Elizabeth Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors challenge existing theories that put the body at the centre of identity.
Author: Daniell, Christopher Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this book Christopher Daniell approaches the subjects of death and burial in the Middle Ages. The book includes the very latest research, both of the author and of others working in this area. The ...
Author: Williams, Howard Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How were the dead remembered in early medieval Britain? This innovative study demonstrates how perceptions of the past and the dead, and hence social identities, were constructed through mortuary prac...
Author: Strange, Julie-Marie Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With high mortality rates, it has been assumed that the poor in Victorian and Edwardian Britain did not mourn their dead. Contesting this approach, Julie-Marie Strange studies the expression of grief ...
Author: Hillyard, Daniel Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Dying Right" is the first work to provide a comprehensive and first-hand account of the Death with Dignity movement in the US and around the world. The book also provides an in-depth look at Oregon, ...
Author: Kelsey Collins, Collins Publisher: ChaseHawk International, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: EXIT STRATEGY... Leaving this Life with Grace and Gratitude, is a book that takes a hard look at elder care in America through the eyes of one of its most charming and outspoken elders, a nursing home...
Author: Slocum, Joshua / Carlson, Lisa Publisher: Upper Access, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts of corruption and abuse in the death industry, not much has improved. Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and service...
Author: Walter, PhD Carolyn Ambler / McCoyd, Judith L. M. Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: ""[Offers] valued sensitivities, knowledge, and insights, and most importantly, age-appropriate interventions for a range of significant losses....Counselors will want to keep this indispensable work ...
Author: Papadatou, Danai Publisher: Springer Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: ""Danai Papadatou [presents] an approach of Relational Care, care based on an understanding of relationships, that should be essential reading .[S]he writes in an engaging and non-technical language, ...
Description: Does life go on beyond the grave? With the recent surge in popularity of topics focused on life after death, Letters from the Afterlife, originally published in 1914 under another title, takes up this...
Author: Perry, Beth Publisher: AU Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Within most disciplines, there are those who are recognized by their colleagues as being exceptionally competent practitioners. These individuals do their work in such a remarkable way as to become a ...
Author: Winokuer, Howard / Harris, Dr D. Darcy Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This core, introductory textbook for undergraduate and graduate level courses is the first volume to combine the knowledge and skills of counseling psychology with current theory and research in grief...
Author: Harris-Hendriks, Jean Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: <P>Children bereaved by the death of one parent at the hands of the other, almost always the father, in effect lose both parents, and are often forgotten in the midst of such dramatic situations...
Author: Rosner, Kira Publisher: Coherent Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When Souls Take Flight shines light on a subject that is all too often equated with darkness. This friendly book presents a soothing, non-sectarian view of what happens when we die. With particular fo...
Author: Stanford, Charlotte A. Publisher: Ashgate Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The Book of Donors for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6,954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study is the first...
Author: Temple, John Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Format: Adobe PDF
Description: See the author's Web site Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office chronicles the exploits of a diverse team of investigators at a coroner's office in Pittsburgh. Ed Strimlan is a doctor who never got to...
Author: Slocum, Joshua / Carlson, Lisa Publisher: Upper Access, Inc. Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts of corruption and abuse in the death industry, not much has improved. Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and service...
Author: Ambler Walter, PhD Carolyn / McCoyd, Judith L. M. Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "[Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective. To a social worker who has worked mainly in a medical and
Author: Balk, David Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Approximately one-fourth of all college students suffer the loss of a family member or friend during their college career, yet the prevalence of bereavement on the college campus is largely unrecogniz...
Author: Balk, David Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Approximately one-fourth of all college students suffer the loss of a family member or friend during their college career, yet the prevalence of bereavement on the college campus is largely unrecog
Description: "Danai Papadatou [presents] an approach of Relational Care, care based on an understanding of relationships, that should be essential reading .[S]he writes in an engaging and non-technical language
Author: Segelberg Trust, Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The Segelberg Lecture Series explores the intersection of religious faith and public policy. This book contains the lectures of the Trust's fi rst series, which were focused on The Ends of Life. Dalho...
Author: Winokuer, Howard / Harris, Dr D. Darcy Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This core, introductory textbook for undergraduate and graduate level courses is the first volume to combine the knowledge and skills of counseling psychology with current theory and research in grief...
