Download or read book How Gay Men Prepare for Death written by Peter Robinson and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Peter Robinson’s new book provides a practical contribution for anyone considering how to prepare for their end of life, including those from LGBTQ+ communities.
Download or read book Confessions of a Funeral Director written by Caleb Wilde and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director—what Time magazine called a "must read"—reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with the poignancy and brevity of When Breath Becomes Air. We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it, and—when it can be avoided no longer—letting the professionals take over. Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and how could he do that if all the people he worked with were . . . dead? Slowly, he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones was making a difference—in other people’s lives to be sure, but it also seemed to be saving his own. A spirituality of death began to emerge as he observed: The family who lovingly dressed their deceased father for his burial The act of embalming a little girl that offered a gift back to her grieving family The nursing home that honored a woman’s life by standing in procession as her body was taken away The funeral that united a conflicted community Through stories like these, told with equal parts humor and poignancy, Wilde offers an intimate look into the business and a new perspective on living and dying
Download or read book Handbook of Death and Dying written by Clifton D. Bryant and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a singular reference tool . . . essential for academic libraries." --Reference & User Services Quarterly "Students, professionals, and scholars in the social sciences and health professions are fortunate to have the ′unwieldy corpus of knowledge and literature′ on death studies organized and integrated. Highly recommended for all collections." --CHOICE "Excellent and highly recommended." --BOOKLIST "Well researched with lengthy bibliographies . . . The index is rich with See and See Also references . . . Its multidisciplinary nature makes it an excellent addition to academic collections." --LIBRARY JOURNAL "Researchers and students in many social sciences and humanities disciplines, the health and legal professions, and mortuary science will find the Handbook of Death and Dying valuable. Lay readers will also appreciate the Handbook′s wide-ranging coverage of death-related topics. Recommended for academic, health sciences, and large public libraries." --E-STREAMS Dying is a social as well as physiological phenomenon. Each society characterizes and, consequently, treats death and dying in its own individual ways—ways that differ markedly. These particular patterns of death and dying engender modal cultural responses, and such institutionalized behavior has familiar, economical, educational, religious, and political implications. The Handbook of Death and Dying takes stock of the vast literature in the field of thanatology, arranging and synthesizing what has been an unwieldy body of knowledge into a concise, yet comprehensive reference work. This two-volume handbook will provide direction and momentum to the study of death-related behavior for many years to come. Key Features More than 100 contributors representing authoritative expertise in a diverse array of disciplines Anthropology Family Studies History Law Medicine Mortuary Science Philosophy Psychology Social work Sociology Theology A distinguished editorial board of leading scholars and researchers in the field More than 100 definitive essays covering almost every dimension of death-related behavior Comprehensive and inclusive, exploring concepts and social patterns within the larger topical concern Journal article length essays that address topics with appropriate detail Multidisciplinary and cross-cultural coverage EDITORIAL BOARD Clifton D. Bryant, Editor-in-Chief Patty M. Bryant, Managing Editor Charles K. Edgley, Associate Editor Michael R. Leming, Associate Editor Dennis L. Peck, Associate Editor Kent L. Sandstrom, Associate Editor Watson F. Rogers, II, Assistant Editor
Download or read book Staff and Sceptre written by Christopher Knapp and published by Irving Risch. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents 1. David and Goliath. 1 Samuel 17:1-29 2. David and Jonathan. 1 Samuel 17:38 — 18:4; 19:1-7; 20:41 42. 3. David and His Four Hundred Men. 1 Samuel 22. 4. David and the Young Man of Egypt. 2 Samuel 30:1-25. 5. David and Mephibosheth. 2 Samuel 9. 6. David, Ziba, and Mephibosheth. 2 Samuel 16:2-4; 19:24-30.
Download or read book Inheritance Law And The Evolving Family written by Ralph Brashier and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How inheritance law has failed to recognize the modern family.
Download or read book Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Aging written by Tarynn M. Witten and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The graying of the U.S. population draws increasing focus to historically unattended segments of society, including sexual and gender minorities. In this first comprehensive volume to address the challenges of aging in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex populations, this text presents what is currently known about aging GLBT individuals and what services are needed to support them. The editors first provide an introductory overview comparing caregiving in GLBT and normative aging communities. In chapters devoted to the issues of each alternative sexuality and gender identity community, top experts in the field discuss biomedical, psychological, social/sexual, spiritual, socioeconomic, and service topics related to that community's aging needs. GLBT populations face unique challenges as they age. Despite the often severe difficulties they encounter, many live out their final years with the dignity and grace that all of us deserve. With a combination of the latest biological and social science research, moving case studies and first-person accounts, practical advice for health professionals, and research literature citations, this book represents a major step forward in addressing concerns of aging GLBT populations. Integrating research, practice, and policy, this text is for students and professionals in gerontology, medicine, social work, psychology, nursing, public health, and related fields who wish to learn more about the life experiences and concerns of sexual- and gender-minority-identified older patients.
Download or read book Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology written by Susan Llewelyn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of clinical health psychology. It is primarily a well-referenced but practical resource, which provides an authoritative, up-to-date guide to empirically validated psychological interventions in health care. Each contributor provides a conceptual synthesis of the area, and how key models are related to formulation, service delivery and research. The book also considers contextual issues and the importance of topics such as ageism and power, which may have an impact on how health psychology is delivered by practitioners, and experienced by recipients of services. It also seeks to provide a summary of evidence concerning crucial aspects in the delivery of care, such as adherence, rehabilitation and stress. The biopsychosocial model is the major theoretical model underpinning all contributions, but use is also made of other models. * Informative and practical: a guide to action * An authoritative, critical and evidence based synthesis of knowledge that will guide best practice * Easy-to-use format intended for practitioners who want to ensure their practice is state-of-the-art
Download or read book Death as Entertainment written by Gareth R. Schott and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the moral and representational issues associated with engaging young people with popular media depictions of death and dying. Emotionally charged depictions of death play an important role in contemporary media directed toward teen and young adult audiences. Across creative works as diverse as interactive digital games, graphic novels, short form serial narratives, television and films, young people gain opportunities to engage with representations of death. In some cases, representations of death, dying, and the decision to end one’s own life have been subject to public outcry and criticism related to its perceived potential impact on impressionable audiences. Death in/as entertainment can also be fleeting, commonplace and used for humour making it trivial. The chapters in this volume particularly consider the types of engagement made possible through different contemporary creative mediums and the ways in which they might distinctively capture or arouse thoughts and feelings on the end and loss of a human life. Death as Entertainment will appeal to researchers and students interested in new media and its cultural and psychological impact. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Mortality.
Download or read book The Role of the Dream in Preparation for the Transition of Physical Death written by Patricia Ann Parvin Danks and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In separate, unstructured, two-hour interviews, nine adult gay men described how they came to know themselves as gay and at the same time came to know themselves as men. Phenomenological reductions were performed. The men were more aware of the acquisition of their gay identity than their male identifications. consciousness of being different began for most at the age of 5; indications varied but included cross-dressing, sexual interest in other boys, and failure to perform successfully in athletics. The resulting general structure suggested that the men were far more conscious of "being gay" than of "being men.-' Psychological desire preceded specific sexual interests. Sexual contact with childhood friends tended to end at puberty. Rejection by partners resulted in wounds that still lingered at the time of the interviews. The absence of adequate positive mirrors for homo-erotic feelings in adolescence led to secrecy, withdrawal, self-loathing, and creation of false selves. Coming out in early adulthood relieved some psychological pressure and ushered in a -'gay adolescence" characterized by the concomitant search for love and the exploration of the self in relationship to others through sexual contact with multiple partners. As gay identity became incorporated into their self-concepts most of the men bonded using a variety of partnering models. Acquisition of a sense of manhood was slow in developing for most participants. Adult validation from other gay men and from women, career successes, and grappling with the AIDS crisis has given the men a sense of strength which most have equated with masculinity. The separation of gay and non-gay aspects of their lives has made the process of identity consolidation protracted and difficult. Psychotherapy with gay men must recognize the difficulties inherent in the creation of a psycho-social self in the absence of adequate mirroring and seek to redress the deficiency using both traditional and proactive models.
Download or read book Myths and Mysteries of Same Sex Love written by Christine Downing and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love makes a powerful statement about the realities of gay and lesbian psyche. A gay and lesbian psychic perspective may at first be startling, but once examined, it proves to be unforgettable." -The Advocate
Download or read book Growing Old in the Early Republic written by Paula A. Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus for this study is Connecticut and the city of Hartford. The text explores different themes and experiences of the elderly in Connecticut in the years between 1790 and 1830 The purpose of the book is to record and to illuminate the spiritual and emotional aspects of being elderly, the economic consequences of growing old, and the ways social experience changed with advancing years.
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Download or read book Gay Widowers written by Michael Shernoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of accounts that breaks new ground, delving into a subject for gay men to talk about openly. It is about life after the loss of a partner to AIDS and rebuilding life as a bereaved man whatever the cause of your partner's death.
Download or read book Gay Widowers written by Michael Shernoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recent gay widower may find that once the shock and initial confusion of losing his partner is overcome, there are still many hard, lonely, and overwhelming stages of grief to be worked through. Often, the bereaved feels isolated, and looking around for comfort, realizes that he doesn’t have many resources to turn to, but Gay Widowers: Life After the Death of a Partner is a start. By offering first-person accounts of becoming a widower, this book, the first of its kind, allows others who are about to lose or already have lost a partner to find support, validation, recognition, and fellowship. Its editor and contributors hope that by sharing their stories of loss, pain, and bewilderment, they will help others in mourning as well as make one more step forward in their own healing.Men of different ages and ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds join together in Gay Widowers to remind other gay widowers that they are not alone and that their feelings of pain, anger, and emptiness are normal and legitimate. Not solely a book about life after the loss of a partner to AIDS, this book is about rebuilding life as a bereaved gay man, regardless of the cause of your partner’s death. You will find encouragement for moving your life forward, without shutting your memories away, as you read about: how homophobia can complicate a gay widower’s grieving and mourning handling financial and legal matters before and after death specific mental health issues of gay widowers dating again similarities among gay widowers’responses to their partners’deaths making time for your feelings rather than avoiding them finding love after or during bereavement trauma theory’s applications to gay widowers By bringing forth these stories, Gay Widowers offers bereaved gay men, psychologists, counselors, and social workers--in a society where the mourning process is generally a heterosexual, social construct--a clinical overview of the psychodynamic issues relevant, and perhaps unique, to the mourning process of gay men.
