Death and Dying: A Sociological Introduction

摘要: Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART I. SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTITUDES TO DEATH. 1. Death, Denial and Diversity. 2. When How People Die. 3. Life Death in "Risk Society'. 4. Religion Spirituality. 5. the Media. II. STRUCTURES INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES OF DYING. 6. Dying: Institutionalization Medicalization. 7. The Good Death. 8. Social Organization of Sudden 9. Dying Dead Body. III. POST-DEATH RITUALS REMEMBRANCE SURVIVAL BELIEFS. 10. Grief Loss. 11. Relationships Between Living Dead. 12. Mortuary Rituals. Conclusion: Resurrecting Death?. Notes. References. Index.