Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

De aquí a la eternidad by Caitlin Doughty

26 reviews

euhfubeuh's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

A magnificently informative recollection of thanotourism by Caitlin Doughty. I would highly recommend this book to anybody experiencing death anxiety or just  interested in learning about different death cultures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Book spoils plot and ending of Psycho and Bates Motel.

lr205's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring

5.0

Non fiction. Caitlin travels the world to explore how other cultures handle death. The western world distances itself unnaturally from the dead in a way that is not healthy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

jessicamariefox's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, and Religious bigotry

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, and Death of parent

taliafranks's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

In general the different cultural attitudes are described thoughtfully and always with empathy towards the deceased and their loved ones. The topic is a rough one that people who are distressed by death and all that comes with it might be uncomfortable with but this book is nevertheless potentially helpful for someone experiencing and contextualising their grief and/or how they themself would like their body to be treated after death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Gore, Infertility, Cannibalism, and Classism

In general the book talks about death in depth including different cultural beliefs and actions regarding the process. There is one description of animal sacrifice that is fairly explicit, and an intense recounting of circumstances to terminating a wanted pregnancy due to terminal illness and risk of miscarriage/early infant death, not only in regards to emotions and procedures but also the reactions of anti-choice protesters.

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Another gem from Caitlin Doughty 🙌 of course I wish there had been more from more places around the world, but like she does have a business to run too, she can't actually go all around the world learning and writing about funeral practices and attitudes towards death. As always, I learned a lot and thought a lot about the way I think about death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

leefox's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse

theabee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

savhardt's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy