Death Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. International Perspectives on Public Health and Palliative Care

   Edited by Libby Sallnow, Suresh Kumar, Allan Kellehear

   Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

   Public health approaches to palliative care have been growing in policy importance and practice acceptance. This innovative volume explores the major concepts, practice examples, and practice guidelines for this new approach. The goal of ‘comprehensive care’ – seamless support for patients as they...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Suicide and Justice

   A Chinese Perspective

   By Fei Wu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder. Suicide in China, however, should be understood differently. By analyzing 30 cases, Wu Fei studies the dynamics of suicide in terms of family politics and local...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
4. Suicide

   Edited by Keith Hawton, Rory O'Connor

   Series: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare

   Suicide is increasingly recognized as a major global issue of public health, with far-reaching social, economic, and emotional consequences. The World Health Organization estimates that around 800,000 people die each year by suicide, with suicide attempts perhaps up to twenty times more frequent...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. How Ethical Systems Change: Tolerable Suffering and Assisted Dying

   By Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Elyshia Aseltine

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering? This dilemma formed the foundation for a powerful right-to-die movement and a counterbalancing concern over an emerging culture of death. What are the qualities of a life worth...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. How Ethical Systems Change: Lynching and Capital Punishment

   By Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Danielle Dirks

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement. Biased and perfunctory procedures were replaced by prolonged trials and appeals, which some found messy and...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
7. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?: Abortion, Neonatal Care, Assisted Dying, and Capital Punishment

   By Sheldon Ekland-Olson

   Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

   Issues of Life and Death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time and who makes those decisions? Based on the author’s award-winning and hugely...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge
8. Bereavement Narratives

   Continuing bonds in the twenty-first century

   By Christine Valentine

   Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best or only way to help the bereaved. In a radical departure, it emphasises normality and social and...

   Published July 7th 2008 by Routledge