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Related Books and Articles
- Aging and Social Gerontology Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Battin, Margaret P., Rosamond Rhodes, and Anita Silvers, eds. 1998. Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate. London: Routledge.
- Bryant, Clifton D., and Dennis L. Peck, eds. 2009. Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
- Carr, Deborah S., ed. 2009. Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.
- Hawton, Keith, and Kees Van Heeringen, eds. 2002. The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide. New York: Wiley.
- Howarth, Glennys, and Peter C. Jupp, eds. 1996. Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying, and Disposal. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
- Kastenbaum, Robert., ed. 2003. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
- Kearl, Michael C. 1989. A Sociology of Death and Dying. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. 1969. On Death and Dying. New York: Macmillan.
- Lieberman, Lisa J. 2003. Leaving You: The Cultural Meaning of Suicide. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee.
- Meagher, David K., and David E. Balk, eds. 2013. Handbook of Thanatology. Hoboken, NJ: Taylor and Francis.
Related Terms
- aging
- birth rate
- continuity theory
- disengagement theory
- disorder
- epidemiology
- euthanasia
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- grief
- health
- hospice
- life course
- life expectancy
- medicalization
- mortality rate
- murder
- physician-assisted suicide
- posthumous
- primary aging
- rite of passage
- ritual
- senescence
- sick role
- social gerontology
- solidarity
- suicide
- thanatology
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