Death & Dying: Print & Media
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Death
Death (Biology)
Death--Causes
Death--Cross-cultural studies
Death in art
Death in literature
Elegiac poetry, English--History and criticism
Death in music
Requiems--History and criticism
Death--Moral and ethical aspects
Death--Psychological aspects
Death--Religious aspects
Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity
Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Death--Religious aspects--Judaism
Death of God theology
Death--Social aspects
Death--Social aspects--United States
Thanatology
Near-death experiences
Death, Apparent
Children and death
Bereavement in children
Grief in children
Teenagers and death
Bereavement in adolescence
Children--Death--Psychological aspects
Parents--Death--Psychological aspects
Last words
Terminally ill
Terminally ill--Psychology
Social work with the terminally ill
Terminal care
Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care--United States
Hospice care
Euthanasia
Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects
Assisted suicide
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects
Right to die
Right to die--Law and legislation--United States
Brain death
Advance directives (Medical care)
Do-not-resuscitate orders
Death--Proof and certification
Organ donors
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Dead [corpses, cadavers]
Autopsy
Body snatching--Great Britain
Cannibalism
Necrophilia (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Embalming
Mummies
Funeral rites and ceremonies [all aspects of the funeral industry]
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States
Funeral service
Burial
Burial, Premature (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Cemeteries
Sepulchral monuments (by country) [grave stones]
Tombs (by country)
Mausoleums
Sarcophagi, Roman
Epitaphs
Obituaries
Memorials--Philosophy
Grave robbing (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Cremation--United States--History
Cryonics (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Bereavement
Bereavement--Psychological aspects
Loss (Psychology)
Grief
Mourning customs
Mortality [death statistics]
Mortality--United States
Mortality--United States--Statistics
Occupational mortality (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Sudden death
Violent death--United States
Suicide
Suicide bombers
Martyrdom
Human sacrifice
Murder
Homicide
Assassination
Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects
Infanticide
Capital punishment--United States
Executions and executioners
Mass murder--History
Genocide
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Battle casualties
War casualties
Also see --Casualties as a subheading under particular wars.
Epidemics
Plague
Black death
Extinction (Biology)
End of the world
End of the universe
Resurrection
Reincarnation
Immortality
Immortality (Philosophy)
Future life
Purgatory
Heaven
Hell
Ghosts
All Souls' Day
Halloween
Spiritualism
Zombiism--Haiti
Vampires
Death
Death (Biology)
Death--Causes
Death--Cross-cultural studies
Death in art
Death in literature
Elegiac poetry, English--History and criticism
Death in music
Requiems--History and criticism
Death--Moral and ethical aspects
Death--Psychological aspects
Death--Religious aspects
Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity
Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Death--Religious aspects--Judaism
Death of God theology
Death--Social aspects
Death--Social aspects--United States
Thanatology
Near-death experiences
Death, Apparent
Children and death
Bereavement in children
Grief in children
Teenagers and death
Bereavement in adolescence
Children--Death--Psychological aspects
Parents--Death--Psychological aspects
Last words
Terminally ill
Terminally ill--Psychology
Social work with the terminally ill
Terminal care
Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects
Terminal care--United States
Hospice care
Euthanasia
Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects
Assisted suicide
Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects
Right to die
Right to die--Law and legislation--United States
Brain death
Advance directives (Medical care)
Do-not-resuscitate orders
Death--Proof and certification
Organ donors
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Dead [corpses, cadavers]
Autopsy
Body snatching--Great Britain
Cannibalism
Necrophilia (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Embalming
Mummies
Funeral rites and ceremonies [all aspects of the funeral industry]
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States
Funeral service
Burial
Burial, Premature (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Cemeteries
Sepulchral monuments (by country) [grave stones]
Tombs (by country)
Mausoleums
Sarcophagi, Roman
Epitaphs
Obituaries
Memorials--Philosophy
Grave robbing (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Cremation--United States--History
Cryonics (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Bereavement
Bereavement--Psychological aspects
Loss (Psychology)
Grief
Mourning customs
Mortality [death statistics]
Mortality--United States
Mortality--United States--Statistics
Occupational mortality (nothing in IC collection but might work in a database)
Sudden death
Violent death--United States
Suicide
Suicide bombers
Martyrdom
Human sacrifice
Murder
Homicide
Assassination
Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects
Infanticide
Capital punishment--United States
Executions and executioners
Mass murder--History
Genocide
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Battle casualties
War casualties
Also see --Casualties as a subheading under particular wars.
Epidemics
Plague
Black death
Extinction (Biology)
End of the world
End of the universe
Resurrection
Reincarnation
Immortality
Immortality (Philosophy)
Future life
Purgatory
Heaven
Hell
Ghosts
All Souls' Day
Halloween
Spiritualism
Zombiism--Haiti
Vampires
- Beyond the Good Death : The Anthropology of Modern Dying
- Brief History of Death
- How We Die Now : Intimacy and the Work of Dying
- Death and Dying in World Religions
- Taming Time, Timing Death : Social Technologies and Ritual
- Understanding Reproductive Loss : International Perspectives on Life Death and Fertility
- Morbidity of Culture : Melancholy, Trauma, Illness and Dying in Literature and Film
- Open Yale Courses : Death
- Funeral Kit : Mortuary Practices in the Archaeological Record
- Law of Life and Death
- Death as Transformation : A Contemporary Theology of Death
- Parting Ways : New Rituals and Celebrations of Life's Passing
- Birth, Death, and Femininity : Philosophies of Embodiment
- No Place For Dying : Hospitals and the Ideology of Rescue
- Dominion of the Dead
- Ethical Issues in the 21st Century : Diagnosing Death Issues, Ethics and Questions in Death Determinations
- Death, Value and Meaning Series : Wrestling With the Angel : Literary Writings and Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement
- Death in Twentieth-Century American Texts and Performances : Corpses Ghosts and the Reanimated Dead
- Final Acts : Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make
- Perspectives On Death And Dying
- Death Lore : Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter
- Evolution of Death : Why We Are Living Longer
- Dealing with Death : A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law
- End-of-Life Stories : Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries
- Ending Life : Ethics and the Way We Die
Note: The Reference collection is shelved at the far end of the Library's main floor.
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy
"Death"
Encyclopedia of human behavior
"Grief and Bereavement"
Encyclopedia of psychology
"Death and Dying," "Grief and Loss"
Encyclopedia of ethics
"Death," "Euthanasia," "Life and Death"
Encyclopedia of religion
"Death," "Funeral Rites," "Tombs"
Encyclopedia of Judaism
"Death and Afterlife"
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world
"Death"
New Catholic encyclopedia
"Death (Theory of)," Funeral Rites"
New dictionary of the history of ideas
"Death"
Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology
"Death and Dying"
Memento Mori: A guide to contemporary memorial music
International encyclopedia of the social sciences
"Death"
Encyclopedia of sociology
"Death and Dying"
Encyclopedia of aging
"Death"
Encyclopedia of death
Dictionary of art
"Tomb"
Encyclopedia of comparative iconography
"Death, " "Funeral/Burial," "Grieving/Lamentation"
Encyclopedia of bioethics
"Death"
Encyclopedia of medical anthropology
"Dying and Death"
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy
"Death"
Encyclopedia of human behavior
"Grief and Bereavement"
Encyclopedia of psychology
"Death and Dying," "Grief and Loss"
Encyclopedia of ethics
"Death," "Euthanasia," "Life and Death"
Encyclopedia of religion
"Death," "Funeral Rites," "Tombs"
Encyclopedia of Judaism
"Death and Afterlife"
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world
"Death"
New Catholic encyclopedia
"Death (Theory of)," Funeral Rites"
New dictionary of the history of ideas
"Death"
Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology
"Death and Dying"
Memento Mori: A guide to contemporary memorial music
International encyclopedia of the social sciences
"Death"
Encyclopedia of sociology
"Death and Dying"
Encyclopedia of aging
"Death"
Encyclopedia of death
Dictionary of art
"Tomb"
Encyclopedia of comparative iconography
"Death, " "Funeral/Burial," "Grieving/Lamentation"
Encyclopedia of bioethics
"Death"
Encyclopedia of medical anthropology
"Dying and Death"
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