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Constructing Death : The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement - Clive Seale

Constructing Death

The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement

By: Clive Seale

Paperback | 10 August 1998

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Constructing Death reviews sociological, anthropological and historical studies of death, grief and mourning in order to illuminate present-day experience. It is both an introduction to the sociological study of death, dying and bereavement, and an original contribution to death studies and social theory, combining a theoretical argument with original research material. The volume will be of use to students and scholars of sociology, as well as health care practitioners.
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' ... a stimulating and lucid volume ... a book that will be of wide interest to ... social scientists, students of health and illness and the body'. Times Higher Education Supplement

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Published: 10th August 1998

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