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Fi - A Memoir Of My Son (Paperback): Alexandra Fuller Fi - A Memoir Of My Son (Paperback)
Alexandra Fuller
R430 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

It’s midsummer in Wyoming and Alexandra Fuller is barely hanging on. Grieving her father and pining for her home country of Zimbabwe, reeling from a midlife breakup, freshly sober and piecing her way uncertainly through a volatile new relationship with a younger woman, Alexandra vows to get herself back on even keel.

And then – suddenly and incomprehensibly – her son Fi, at twenty-one years old, dies in his sleep.

No stranger to loss – young siblings, a parent, a home country – Alexandra is nonetheless levelled. At the same time, she is painfully aware that she cannot succumb and abandon her two surviving daughters as her mother before her had done. From a sheep wagon deep in the mountains of Wyoming to a grief sanctuary in New Mexico to a silent meditation retreat in Alberta, Canada, Alexandra journeys up and down the spine of the Rocky Mountains in an attempt to find how to grieve herself whole. There is no answer, and there are countless answers – in poetry, in rituals and routines, in nature and in the indigenous wisdom she absorbed as a child in Zimbabwe. By turns disarming, devastating and unexpectedly, blessedly funny, Alexandra recounts the wild medicine of painstakingly grieving a child in a culture that has no instructions for it.

Autopsy - Life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist in Africa (Paperback): Ryan Blumenthal Autopsy - Life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist in Africa (Paperback)
Ryan Blumenthal
R311 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A hair-raising account about the ins and outs of practising forensic pathology in Africa As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal's chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book. In Autopsy he covers the hard lessons learnt as a rookie pathologist, as well as some of the most unusual cases he's encountered. During his career, for example, he has dealt with high-profile deaths, mass disasters, death by lightning and people killed by African wildlife. Blumenthal takes the reader behind the scenes at the mortuary, describing a typical autopsy and the instruments of the trade. He also shares a few trade secrets, like how to establish when a suicide is more likely to be a homicide. Even though they cannot speak, the dead have a lot to say - and Blumenthal is there to listen.

End-of-Life Decisions - A Psychosocial Perspective (Hardcover): Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner End-of-Life Decisions - A Psychosocial Perspective (Hardcover)
Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner
R2,149 R2,008 Discovery Miles 20 080 Save R141 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, the lens of the media has narrowed issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide to a drama involving two players: Dr. Kevorkian and the law. This has left suffering patients and their families unrecognized and isolated when facing the most painful life decision.

Here at last is a book that addresses the role of psychiatry in dealing with a major, controversial topic in American medicine today& mdash;treatment decisions at the end of life. "End-of-Life Decisions: A Psychosocial Perspective" acknowledges and explores the role psychiatrists can play as advisers to the terminally ill and their loved ones. It describes the wide range of emotional and psychiatric issues faced by the patient, family, and physician that affect choices patients make to limit treatment or seek physician assistance in dying.

A distinguished group of contributors, all of whom have extensive experience dealing with end-of-life issues in clinical practice, address topics that may not have been considered previously. From dealing with issues of terminal illnesses in children, to making difficult treatment decisions for patients with AIDS; from judging the competency of clinically depressed patients for making sound decisions, to understanding the influence of family dynamics, economic forces, and language differences on doctor-patient communication& mdash;the book uses specific case studies and data to explore the role of professionals in end-of-life decisions.

"End-of-Life Decisions" strikes a careful balance between the need for patient autonomy and the challenge to make well-formulated treatment decisions. This book will heighten modern medicine& rsquo;s and society& rsquo;s consciousnessconcerning the difficult challenges faced by patients and their families when making end-of-life decisions

Constructing Death - The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement (Hardcover, New): Clive Seale Constructing Death - The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement (Hardcover, New)
Clive Seale
R3,210 Discovery Miles 32 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A basic motivation for social and cultural life is the problem of death. By analysing the experiences of dying and bereaved people, as well as institutional responses to death, Clive Seale shows its importance for understanding the place of embodiment in social life. He draws on a comprehensive review of sociological, anthropological and historical studies, including his own research, to demonstrate the great variability that exists in human social constructions for managing mortality. Far from living in a 'death denying' society, dying and bereaved people in contemporary culture are often able to assert membership of an imagined community, through the narrative reconstruction of personal biography, drawing on a variety of cultural scripts emanating from medicine, psychology, the media and other sources. These insights are used to argue that the maintenance of the human social bond in the face of death is a continual resurrective practice, permeating everyday life.

Cemeteries of Seattle (Paperback): Robin Shannon Cemeteries of Seattle (Paperback)
Robin Shannon
R610 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A fascinating story exists just below Seattles surface, buried in the citys many historic cemeteries. Founded in 1872 on land acquired from Doc Maynard, Lake View Cemetery holds the remains of one of Seattles favorite sons, Bruce Lee, whose son Brandon Lee is buried beside him. Maynard is also buried here, along with most of the Seattle pioneers, including the Dennys, Borens, Maynards, Yeslers, and Morans. Princess Angeline, Chief Sealths daughter, was buried here in a canoe-shaped coffin, and Madame Damnables remains supposedly turned to stone. Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, founded in 1884 by the Denny family, contains Judge Thomas Burke, known as the man who built Seattle; a Veterans Memorial Cemetery dating from the Civil War; and two cannons from the USS Constitution, famously nicknamed Old Ironsides. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, founded in 1883 in Queen Anne, is the final resting place of the labor martyrs of the Everett Massacre and William Bell, of Belltown fame. Remembrance benches for Nirvanas Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrixs memorial are also local landmarks.

Between Two Kingdoms - A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (Paperback): Suleika Jaouad Between Two Kingdoms - A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (Paperback)
Suleika Jaouad
R497 R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Save R201 (40%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
New Perspectives on Urban Deathscapes - Continuity, Change, and Contestation (Hardcover): Danielle House, Mariske Westendorp New Perspectives on Urban Deathscapes - Continuity, Change, and Contestation (Hardcover)
Danielle House, Mariske Westendorp; As told to Avril Maddrell
R3,206 Discovery Miles 32 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Establishing a new set of international perspectives from around the world on and experiences of death, disposition and remembrance in urban environments, this book brings deathscapes - material, embodied and emotional places associated with dying and death - to life. It pushes the boundaries of established empirical and conceptual understandings of death in urban spaces through anthropological, geographical and ethnographic insights. Chapters reveal how urban deathscapes are experienced, used, managed and described in specific locales in varied settings; how their norms and values intersect and at times conflict with the norms of dominant and assumed practices; and how they are influenced by the dynamic practices, politics and demographics typical of urban spaces. Case studies from across Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America highlight the differences between deathscapes, but also show their clear commonality in being as much a part of the world of the living as they are of the dead. With a people- and space-centred approach, this book will be an interesting read for human geography, death studies and urban studies scholars, as well as social and cultural anthropologists and sociologists. Its international and interdisciplinary nature will also make this a beneficial book for planning and landscape architecture, religious studies and courses on death practices.

Medical Risks - 1991 Compend of Mortality and Morbidity (Hardcover): Richard B. Singer, Michael W. Kita, John R. Avery Medical Risks - 1991 Compend of Mortality and Morbidity (Hardcover)
Richard B. Singer, Michael W. Kita, John R. Avery
R2,403 Discovery Miles 24 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a collection of mortality abstracts based on recent follow-up studies on the results of health disorders from the abstracts and articles appearing recently in the Journal of Insurance Medicine. The widely different types of investigators who may have repeated need of outcome data (death or morbid event) in a particular disease or risk factor will find this collection invaluable. Such a collection is valuable not only to users in the insurance industry, but to all physicians and health scientists who are interested in prognosis of chronic diseases, in clinical trials, in cost/benefit questions, in clinical decision-making, and similar fields of inquiry.

Adolescent Suicide (Hardcover): Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Adolescent Suicide (Hardcover)
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Even the most skilled therapist may underestimate suicide potential. Careful assessment and competent psychiatric intervention cannot always predict the suicidality of a particular person. "Adolescent Suicide" (GAP Report 140) presents techniques that allow psychiatrists and all those caring for the health and welfare of adolescents to respond to signals of distress with timely therapeutic intervention. It also suggests measures of anticipatory prevention.

"Adolescent Suicide" presents an overview of adolescent suicidal behavior. It explores risk factors, the identification and evaluation of the suicidal adolescent, and approaches to therapy. It offers both historical and cross-cultural perspectives, the relevance of suicide to adolescent development, mental health training needs regarding suicidality, and related issues such as public health policies and medicolegal concerns.

The risk of suicide presents a unique crisis in adolescent development. For this reason, all mental health professionals will find this report an indispensable tool in the treatment of adolescents at risk for suicide. Drawing from years of combined experience, this committee has applied its expertise on adolescent development to the sobering problem of suicide.

Living a Purposeful Life (Hardcover): Kalman J. Kaplan Living a Purposeful Life (Hardcover)
Kalman J. Kaplan; Foreword by Michael Shapiro
R1,062 R897 Discovery Miles 8 970 Save R165 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Caring through the Funeral (Hardcover): Gene Fowler Caring through the Funeral (Hardcover)
Gene Fowler
R958 R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart - Hope and Healing After Losing Your Partner (Hardcover): Gary Roe Comfort for the Grieving Spouse's Heart - Hope and Healing After Losing Your Partner (Hardcover)
Gary Roe
R585 Discovery Miles 5 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Right Way of Death - Restoring the American Funeral Business to Its True Calling (Hardcover): Eric Layer The Right Way of Death - Restoring the American Funeral Business to Its True Calling (Hardcover)
Eric Layer
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Flameless Liquid Cremation (Hardcover): Hal Peters Flameless Liquid Cremation (Hardcover)
Hal Peters
R1,045 Discovery Miles 10 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sailing into the Light (Hardcover): Susan Highsmith Sailing into the Light (Hardcover)
Susan Highsmith
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Haunted - the Death Mother Archetype (Hardcover): Violet Sherwood Haunted - the Death Mother Archetype (Hardcover)
Violet Sherwood; Foreword by Mary Harrell
R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nothing to Fear - Demystifying Death to Live More Fully (Paperback): Julie McFadden Nothing to Fear - Demystifying Death to Live More Fully (Paperback)
Julie McFadden
R430 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

What if we didn’t consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embraced end-of-life care and prepared for the end of our lives with hope and acceptance?

In this empathetic and knowledgeable guide, TikTok star Julie McFadden – known online as ‘Hospice Nurse Julie’ – shares the valuable lessons she’s learned in her fifteen years as a palliative care nurse. Expertly weaving emotional insight with practical advice, you’ll find out:

  • which medical interventions help and which make things worse
  • facts and myths about hospice care
  • the most important conversations to have before you die
  • the many inexplicable and fascinating deathbed experiences people have
  • how to navigate the grieving journey, before and after death

Set to become a go-to resource for years to come, Nothing to Fear shows how a better death goes hand-in-hand with a better life.
Summit - A Guide from Pain to Peace (Hardcover): Cindy Paige Summit - A Guide from Pain to Peace (Hardcover)
Cindy Paige
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Anthology of Death, Dying, and the Living (Hardcover): Atiba Rougier Anthology of Death, Dying, and the Living (Hardcover)
Atiba Rougier
R4,833 Discovery Miles 48 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Buried Beneath Cleveland: - Lost Cemeteries of Cuyahoga County (Paperback): William G. Krejci Buried Beneath Cleveland: - Lost Cemeteries of Cuyahoga County (Paperback)
William G. Krejci
R561 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shattered - Surviving the Loss of a Child (Hardcover): Gary Roe Shattered - Surviving the Loss of a Child (Hardcover)
Gary Roe
R640 R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journey into the Looking Glass - Finding Hope after the Loss of Loved Ones (Hardcover, . ed.): Mary E Welsh Journey into the Looking Glass - Finding Hope after the Loss of Loved Ones (Hardcover, . ed.)
Mary E Welsh; Foreword by Debra L Hayes; Edited by Marvin Wilmes
R1,035 R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Save R150 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Saint Worm - Poems (Hardcover): Hailey Leithauser Saint Worm - Poems (Hardcover)
Hailey Leithauser
R713 R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Soul Companion - A Memoir (Hardcover): Judy Hilyard Soul Companion - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Judy Hilyard
R640 R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Scent of Yellow Roses - A Memoir of Hope and Healing (Hardcover, Large Type / Large Print Ed): Susan M Harriman Smelser The Scent of Yellow Roses - A Memoir of Hope and Healing (Hardcover, Large Type / Large Print Ed)
Susan M Harriman Smelser
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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