The reader's work is aimed at presenting the main care and management in situations of limitation of illness, suicide and mourning, and reiterates the view that, every time we talk about death, we also need to talk about the life. Written by health professionals, this multidisciplinary book updates the studies on death, dying, pain and mourning in Brazil. Aimed at psychologists, physicians, social workers, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists etc., it covers topics such as: education for death; spirituality, human finitude, medicine and palliative care; death with dignity; need for full attention in life and death; Care and interventions for cardiac patients; death by AIDS, loss and mourning; comprehensive care and the challenges of living with chronic kidney disease; care for cancer patients; palliative care; intervention in the suicidal crisis; psychology of integrated risk and disaster management; when death comes home: mourning and longing; research and practices on mourning abroad and in Brazil; unauthorized mourning; suicide and mourning; support networks for mourners; the postgraduate thatology.
The authors: Ana Catarina Tavares Loureiro, Avimar Ferreira Junior, Daniel Neves Forte, Daniela Achette, Elaine Gomes dos Reis Alves, Elvira Maria Ventura Filipe, Emi Shimma, Elaine Marques Hojaij, Fernanda Cristina Marquetti, Gabriela Casellato, Gilberto Safra, Gláucia Rezende Tavares , Karina Okajima Fukumitsu, Leo Pessini, Marcello Ferretti Fanelli, Marcos Emanoel Pereira, Maria Carlota De Rezende Coelho, Maria Helena Pereira Franco, Maria Julia Kovács, Mayra Luciana Gagliani, Maria Luiza Faria Nassar de Oliveira, nun Coen Roshi, nun Heishin, Nely Aparecida Guernelli Nucci, Patrícia Carvalho Moreira, Pedro Morales Tolentino Leite, Protásio Lemos da Luz, Teresa Vera Gouvea.