Providing an overview of the myriad ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as
an individual and as a member of society, this book will help readers understand our …

How do Americans cope with death? Do our feelings about dying influence the way we live?
How are our ideas of death different from those of our ancestors? These questions and …

Regardless of how or where we are born, what unites people of all cultures is the fact
everyone eventually dies. However, cultures vary in how they conceptualize death and what …

Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life and order, Michael Kearl draws
on anthropology, religion, politics, philosophy, the natural sciences, economics, and …

Moller... critiques how modern technology and bureaucracy, along with professionalization
have come to dehumanize the experience of death for both the dying and their survivors …

Publisher's description: How do our ideas about dying influence the way we live? Life has
often been envisioned as a journey, the river of time carrying us inexorably toward the …

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The fortieth-anniversary edition of a classic and prescient work on death and dying. Much of
today's literature on end-of-life issues overlooks the importance of 1970s social movements …

This stimulating new book provides a sophisticated introduction to the key issues in the
sociology of death and dying. In recent years, the social sciences have seen an upsurge of …

In November 1998, millions of television viewers watched as Thomas Youk died. Suffering
from the late stages of Lou Gehrig's disease, Youk had called upon infamous Michigan …