Contains text and statistics on "how Americans deal with death, with a particular focus on the highly charged political and moral issues of living wills, life-sustaining treatments, end-of-life care funding, and physician assisted suicide...

Contains entries on the customs and beliefs relating to death and burial in clear around the world, covering most major religious and cultural traditions from prehistoric to modern times...

Contains articles on a "wide range of information that draws from the arts, humanities, medicine, sciences and social sciences...

"Covering all aspects of death and dying -- biological, medical, social, sociological, psychological, religious, and philosophical -- the 2-vol...

This project of the Soros Foundation seeks to improve and transform the culture and experience of dying through funding research in care and through effecting changes in public policy...

A collection of online biographical sources, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on world religions...

Search page for several dozen online encyclopedias and dictionaries, in the areas of political science and religion: Politics and International Relations Resource and Religion Resource...

Description of both print and electronic resources which aid the study of Sociology at Ohio University...