Death: Current Perspectives

by Edwin S. Shneidman

Classic and contemporary essays explore the broad range of structural and social contexts of death. Current Perspectives thoroughly covers the issues debated today concerning the psychology, sociology, and ethics of death and dying.

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Dr. Edwin S. Shneidman (born c. 1918) is a noted American suicidologist/thanatologist. He with co-workers from the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center provided a major stimulus to research into suicide and its prevention. He was the founder of the American Association of Suicidology and of the principal United States journal for suicide studies, Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior. He is Professor of Thanatology Emeritus at the University of California and lives in Los Angeles.