Die Beiträge des Buches geben einen Einblick, wie das Sterben und das Weiterleben nach dem Tod - zumindest in der Erinnerung und in den Medien - fortschreitend und tiefgreifend durch den Einsatz von Techniken verändert werden. 0Die Vielfalt der dargebotenen Perspektiven aus Informatik, Philosophie, Kulturwissenschaft, Kunstgeschichte, Medienwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft, Religionswissenschaft, Soziologie, Technikfolgenabschätzung und Theologie macht die Produktivität einer interdisziplinären Thanatologie deutlich.
Coping with Sudden Infant Death
This book suggests ways to arrange a dignified death in harmony with nature. It advises on the practical needs of those dying, on how to organise inexpensive yet very personal funerals, and on the grieving process itself.
Recommended for medical practitioners, the clergy, caregivers, students of popular culture, and the general reader, Reconstructing Illness demonstrates that only when we hear both the doctor's and the patient's voice will we have a medicine ...
formal and informal , both to understand the nature and phases of ' normal ' grief , and to be aware of abnormal grieving which may require specialist help . But it should not be forgotten that healthcare professionals providing care ...
Based firmly on practical experience to provide students with a realistic ouotlook.
This volume will be of interest to researchers and health care practitioners who wish to gain insight into other ways of understanding health, illness and disease.
I'm Dying and You Don't Know What to Say
" Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the country, argues that end-of-life care is among the biggest national crises facing us today. In addressing the crisis, politics has trumped reason.