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Le Suicide assisté
Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa 2002; US$ 14.99En 1994, Sue Rodriguez se suicide avec l?aide d?un médecin après une intense bataille judiciaire en Cour suprême du Canada dont l?objet était la décriminalisation du suicide assisté. À la suite de ce suicide, aucune accusation criminelle ne fut portée contre la ou les personnes ayant présumément aidé Sue Rodrigues à mettre fin à ses jours, et ce malgré... more...
Flashback
Beacon Press 2006; US$ 16.00With the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, once again America's men and women who have seen war close-up are suddenly expected to return seamlessly to civilian life. In Flashback , Penny Coleman tells the cautionary and timely story of posttraumatic stress disorder in the hope that we can sensitively assist those veterans who return from combat... more...
Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides
SAGE India 2010; US$ 42.95Twelfth in the series Land Reforms in India, this volume is a collection of essays which bring out the multi-dimensional aspects of the agrarian crisis, and its impact on farmers suicides leading to public policy. A distinctive feature of this collection is its holistic approach towards viewing farm sector distress, instead of looking... more...
For the Living and the Dead
I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 79.00The funeral laments of Upper Egypt have an elaborate and ancient history stretching back more than 5,000 years. Even the chants of modern-day lamenters, echo the words of their ancestors. Yet this ancient tradition is now under threat from social and political change. The laments - known as idid in Arabic - are composed orally in performance. Elizabeth... more...
Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field, including the implementation of specific models in clinical practice, family... more...
International Handbook of Suicide Prevention
Wiley 2011; US$ 207.95The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention showcases the latest cutting-edge research from the world’s leading authorities, and highlights policy and practice implications for the prevention of suicide. Brings together the world’s leading authorities on suicidal behaviour, renowned for their suicide prevention research,... more...
End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement
Wiley 2010; US$ 68.00A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented. However, meeting these needs can be challenging, particularly in the absence of a well-established evidence base about how best to help.... more...
Bodies In Motion and At Rest
Random House 2011; US$ 13.33The facts of life and death remain the same. We live and die, we love and grieve, we breed and disappear. And between these existential gravities, we search for meaning, save our memories, leave a record for those who will remember us.'So writes Thomas Lynch in Bodies in Motion and at Rest - the second collection of essays by the award-winning author... more...
The Undertaking
Random House 2011; US$ 12.00Like all poets, inspired by death, Lynch is, unlike others, also hired to bury the dead or cremate them and to tend to their families in a small Michigan town where he serves as the funeral director. In the conduct of these duties he has kept his eyes open, his ears tuned to the indispensable vernaculars of love and grief. In these twelve essays is... more...
Death Talk
Karnac Books 2011; US$ 27.95This book tackles head on the often tabooed subject of death. It distils sophisticated clinical work into simple language, and describes simple techniques for talking to children about dying. The author makes sophisticated material accessible to a much wider range of practitioners than trained therapists. more...









