Death Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Trauma, Culture, and Metaphor

   Pathways of Transformation and Integration

   By John P. Wilson, Jacob D. Lindy

   Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

   In Trauma, Culture, and Metaphor, John Wilson and Jacob Lindy explore the language of both individual and collective trauma in an era dominated by globalization and interconnectedness. Through lucid, careful discussion, this important book builds a bridge between the etymology of trauma-related...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. Dealing with Disaster in Japan

   Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

   By Christopher Hood

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Handbook of Thanatology

   The Essential Body of Knowledge for the Study of Death, Dying, and Bereavement, 2nd Edition

   Edited by David E. Balk, David K. Meagher

   If ever there was an area requiring that the research-practice gap be bridged, surely it occurs where thanatologists engage with people dealing with human mortality and loss. The field of thanatology—the study of death and dying—is a complex, multidisciplinary area that encompases...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
4. Do Funerals Matter?

   The Purposes and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective

   By William G. Hoy

   Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers,...

   Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge
5. When Parents Die

   Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent, 3rd Edition

   By Rebecca Abrams

   The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Death and Dying in Contemporary Japan

   Edited by Hikaru Suzuki

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   This book, based on extensive original research, explores the various ways in which Japanese people think about death and how they approach the process of dying and death. It shows how new forms of funeral ceremonies have been developed by the funeral industry, how traditional grave burial is being...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. Helping Traumatized Families

   2nd Edition

   By Charles Figley, Laurel Kiser

   Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

   The new edition of the classic Helping Traumatized Families not only offers clinicians a unified, evidence-based theory of the systemic impact of traumatic stress—it also details a systematic approach to helping families heal by promoting their natural healing resources. Though the impact of trauma...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Partners in Palliative Care

   Enhancing Ethics in Care at the End-of-Life

   Edited by Mary Beth Morrissey, Bruce Jennings

   The Collaborative for Palliative Care ("Collaborative") is a grassroots consortium of public and private organizations that came together in 2005 for the purposes of studying the increasing need for palliative care and the methods for such care. It has grown from a small fledgling group to a...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
9. Complicated Grief

   Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals

   Edited by Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut, Jan van den Bout

   How can complicated grief be defined? How does it differ from normal patterns of grief and grieving? Who among the bereaved is particularly at risk? Can clinical intervention reduce complications? Complicated Grief provides a balanced, up-to-date, state-of-the-art account of the scientific...

   Published July 11th 2012 by Routledge
10. Techniques of Grief Therapy

    Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved

    Edited by Robert A. Neimeyer

    Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    Techniques of Grief Therapy is an indispensable guidebook to the most inventive and inspirational interventions in grief and bereavement counseling and therapy. Individually, each technique emphasizes creativity and practicality. As a whole, they capture the richness of practices in the field and...

    Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge