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2/ LGBTQ+ necropolitics

open access: yesWhatever, 2021
This is part 2 of 6 of the dossier What do we talk about when we talk about queer death?, edited by M. Petricola. The contributions collected in this article sit at the crossroads between thanatology, gender studies, and LGBT+ studies and tackle ...
Varpu Alasuutari   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who wants to live forever? : living, dying and grieving in our digital society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Almost ubiquitous hardware technology, such as smart phones, ensures that social networking sites are part of users’ everyday norms and routines. However, some are now using these new communication technologies to deal with the issues of death, dying and
Bassett, Debra J.
core   +2 more sources

THANATOLOGY [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association, 1912
Is it possible to watch the "vital spark of heavenly flame," as it quits "this mortal frame" and not be overcome by the mystery of death as the termination of that even greater mystery, life? Is there inspiration in the pagan emperor's address to his soul—those Latin verses which Pope has so beautifully translated? To the speculative philosopher death
openaire   +1 more source

Thanatology and terminal conditions in modern fiction and web literature: interdisciplinary discourse

open access: yesPerioperative Medicine, 2023
The article analyzes the thanatological motive and terminal conditions in fiction and web literature in an interdisciplinary context. Features of the image of death and various mediocre conditions in the web literature on the example of the internet ...
T Bondarieva
doaj   +1 more source

The integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Suicide is a major public health concern accounting for 800 000 deaths globally each year. Although there have been many advances in understanding suicide risk in recent decades, our ability to predict suicide is no better now than it was 50 years ago ...
Kirtley, Olivia J., O'Connor, Rory C.
core   +1 more source

Wellness, Health, and Salvation : About the Religious Dimension of Contemporary Body-Mindedness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Alluding to the enormous investments in wellness, health, and anti-aging by affluent US society today the article focuses on the anthropological and religious implications of this phenomenon by stating that the pursuit of such caring for the body has ...
Grundmann, Christoffer H.
core   +2 more sources

¿Derecho a morir con dignidad?

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2008
El derecho a morir con dignidad es un concepto vago y que recibe múltiples interpretaciones, muchas de ellas inapropiadas. Se propone la necesidad de que sea el médico quien se haga responsable de proteger los derechos del paciente, de garantizar el uso ...
Álvaro Ruiz
doaj   +1 more source

4/ Queering death in the medical and health humanities

open access: yesWhatever, 2021
This is part 4 of 6 of the dossier What do we talk about when we talk about queer death?, edited by M. Petricola. The contributions collected in this article sit at the crossroads between thanatology, queer studies, and the medical/health humanities and ...
Yana Kirey-Sitnikova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spirituality and health in the curricula of medical schools in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: According to recent surveys, 59% of British medical schools and 90% of US medical schools have courses or content on spirituality and health (S/H).
Espinha, Daniele Corcioli Mendes   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Baboon thanatology: responses of filial and non-filial group members to infants' corpses [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2020
What do animals know of death? What can animals' responses to death tell us about the evolution of species’ minds, and the origins of humans' awareness of death and dying?
Alecia J. Carter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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