Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Final exits Final exits Michael Largo To die, kick the bucket, to meet your Maker, dead as a doornail, get whacked, smoked, bite the dust, sleep with the fishes, go six feet under—whatever death is called, it's going to happen. In … OL13748931W
Death lore Death lore Kenneth L. Untiedt Death provides us with some of our very best folklore. Some fear it, some embrace it, and most have pretty firm ideas about what happens when we die. Although some people may not want to discuss dyin… OL15906709W
Music at the end of life Music at the end of life Jennifer L. Hollis A practicing music thanatologist provides an insider's history of this remarkable profession, which combines music, medicine, and spirituality to help the terminally ill and their families face the e… OL16465562W
Through the dark forest Through the dark forest Carolyn Conger Drawing on thirty years of research and experience, Dr. Conger shows how we can use active imagination, self-hypnosis, energy medicine, and dreamwork to begin the soul work that can both prepare us f… OL17861649W
Handbook of death & dying Handbook of death & dying Clifton D. Bryant "More than 100 scholars contributed to this carefully researched, well-organized, informative, and multi-disciplinary source on death studies. Volume 1, "The Presence of Death," examines the cultural… OL18362832W
The study of dying The study of dying Allan Kellehear "What is it really like to die? Though our understanding about the biology of dying is complex and incomplete, greater complexity and diversity can be found in the study of what human beings encounte… OL18569657W
How to get the death you want How to get the death you want Abraham, John (Episcopal priest) "This book serves as a manual of death education that will help patients and their advocates to decide how they wish their lives to end, with practical and legal information to achieve that goal."-- OL20059126W
What does death look like? What does death look like? Donalyn A. Gross What is Death? Is it a person, a place, a feeling? Is it good or bad? Is there a tunnel that we travel through and "go toward the light"? Do children think about Death differently than adults? Is Dea… OL28945939W
On death On death Sara Smilansky 247 p. : 23 cm OL4327428W
Dying, death, and grief Dying, death, and grief Michael A. Simpson A pioneering bibliography with critical annotations, of the literature of thanatology, death & dying, grief, hospice & palliative care during the great flowering of this literary field in the 1960's … OL4504050W