Death category: 2756 books

This book is aimed at helping bereaved parents, and anyone who would like to support them, in their time of grief, especially in the first few weeks and months following the death of their child, but do not know how. It is written by the author from personal experience of having to cope with the death...

"Beautifully written and informative. Harris' eloquence is exceeded only by the compassion and insight she brings to this perplexing and formative experience."-Vamik D. Volkan, Univ. of Virginia.

What if you had just one more chance to talk to your loved ones? What would you say? A Year’s Journey Through Grief was written because having been around death for more than half his life—first being on his local ambulance service, later working for a local funeral home, seeing both ends of death,...

Two sisters bound by love and courage continue their oh-so-familiar conversations regardless of being separated between the paths of life and death. This is a true story of two deaths and one life, which has proven that the bonds of love do exist beyond the grave. After the sudden death of Angela’s...

In God’s Lent Child, women find faith and hope in the midst of the death of their dream. This journey into the darkest night of their souls takes us to a young mother pleading for the life of her newborn; a mother reeling from the shocking news that her college daughter has been kidnapped; a teenage...

In 1997 Andrew Marshall's partner, and the only person to whom he had ever truly opened his heart, died after a gruelling and debilitating illness. Unmoored from his old life, and feeling let down by his family, Andrew struggled not only to make sense of his loss but to even imagine what a future without...

“Calling in the Soul” (Hu Plig) is the chant the Hmong use to guide the soul of a newborn baby into its body on the third day after birth. Based on extensive original research conducted in the late 1980s in a village in northern Thailand, this ethnographic study examines Hmong cosmological beliefs...

When her parents both died suddenly and within a few days of each other, Melody experienced a tremendous amount of grief. After having a spiritual experience, she began to focus on utilizing aspects of nature to assist her in processing her emotions. In walking through the journey of grief-related...

Should patients be told they are dying? How do families react when one of their members is facing death? Who should reveal that death is imminent? How does hospital staff-doctors, nurses, and attendants-act toward the dying patient and his family?

來自生命的最終邀請，上一堂人生最重要的必修課。 ◆ 長春藤名校最受歡迎的三大公開課程之一，全球上億人次點閱！ ◆ 最犀利風趣的生死學！顛覆你對於生命與死亡的想像與理解。   長春藤名校有三大最受歡迎的公開課程：哈佛桑德爾的《正義》、班夏哈的《更快樂》，以及耶魯雪萊‧卡根的《令人著迷的生與死》。猶如老頑童的卡根教授，留著落腮鬍，穿著牛仔褲與帆布鞋，盤腿坐在講台上，幽默熱情且手舞足蹈的與學生探討死亡的本質，讓哲學課一點也不枯燥，大師風采令人著迷。 卡根教授挑戰一般人對於死亡的普遍觀點，例如真的有靈魂嗎？死後還能繼續存在？永生是好事？自殺是不道德的？我們應該對死亡感到恐懼嗎？ 他在書中援引古今哲學，並以日常生活事件為例，透過反覆辯證，以清晰的脈絡探討死亡的意義，進而帶領我們探索生命的價值，該以何種態度面對人生這趟旅程：思考死亡，才能了解生命的美好；當我們正視生與死的本質，才能擁有好好活著的勇氣，並且懷抱感激。   【名人推薦】 臺大哲學系教授苑舉正、精神科醫師王浩威 ...

La médecine d’urgence n’est pas un travail sans histoires, le docteur Alain Vadeboncoeur en sait quelque chose. Exerçant ce métier depuis près de 25 ans, il a été le témoin de fins violentes, il a vu des personnes revenir de la mort, il a sauvé des vies in extrémis, il a été confronté...

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Dam It! Just Let Me Grieve! is for those bereaved and anybody who loves them. Whether youre struggling to drag yourself through the mourning process, or youre watching helplessly as somebody you love walks through the hell of loss, this book is for you. Dam It! Just Let Me Grieve! is a no-nonsense,...

Grief can drive you to your knees, overtake you suddenly, and challenge you over and over again to find ways to simultaneously live and mourn. Its ability to exhaust us and to shake our stability seems to be greatest on special occasions. It is these landmark days that most challenge our ability to...