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Deaths of Man

Edwin S. Shneidman

Dealing with all aspects of death from the practical, to the legal, to the philosophical, this book's topics include working with dying patients and their families, helping the bereaved, and performing psychological autopsies to help determine the cause of death.

Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · high confidenceMedicine & Public Health81 signalsLlm Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthGoogle Books: Medical -> Medicine & Public HealthTopic Classifier: Scientific Biography -> BiographyScientific BiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1974FinalistSecondary source
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