Archive for the ‘Grief + Mourning’ Category
My good friend Juanita Garciagodoy died on Thursday, October 27, 2011. She was 59. In July 2009, Juanita told me via e-mail that she had breast cancer and that it had metastasized. This was at the same time that the Death Reference Desk launched. I had sent Juanita a rather silly message about why she [...]
- By: John
- In: Grief + Mourning
- Tags: memorial tattoos, obituaries, tattooing
On the Death of Animals
23, Oct 2011At-Home Pet Euthanasia Grows in Popularity Steve Hendrix, Washington Post (September 26, 2011) National Public Radio: Do Animals Grieve? Barbara J. King, National Public Radio (October 20, 2011) This past week I spent some time thinking about animals and death. As the bengal tigers, brown bears and lions were shot to death in Zanesville, Ohio [...]
- By: John
- In: Grief + Mourning|Uncategorized
- Tags: pets
Shade it Black
25, Jun 2011Earlier this week, NPR ran an interview with Jess Goodell, author of the new memoir Shade it Black: Death and After in Iraq. The new book is Goodell’s account of her time as a Marine working in the Mortuary Affairs Unit in Iraq in 2004. Terry Gross interviewed Goodell in a segment entitled Death and [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Burial|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: mortuary science, soldiers
Terry Pratchett and Assisted Dying in England
18, Jun 2011Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die BBC iPlayer (only available until 9:59PM Monday, June 20, 2011) Terry Pratchett’s BBC Documentary Reopens Debate on Assisted Dying Fantasy writer’s film shows final moments of a man with motor neurone disease at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland Esther Addley, The Guardian (June 07, 2011) Terry Pratchett Defends Choosing to Die [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Grief + Mourning|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity, Dignitas, religion, video
Postmortem Photography: The Aftermarket
6, Apr 2011Just happened upon a well-researched article posted to Boing Boing. Titled Ghost Babies, by Mark Dery, the post delves into the re-sale of postmortem photographs for sale on eBay and elsewhere with a little history on postmortem photography in 19th century America thrown in for good measure. As a librarian, I found the sources to [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Grief + Mourning|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: postmortem photography