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1. rotten dot com
Offers graphic photographs of murders, accidents, diseases and strange human & animal practices. Includes sexual content. [13 opinions]
2. Death & Dementia
Links directory to this subject. Includes photos and information regarding disfigurement, halloween, music, arts & business. [4 opinions]
3. PLAN4ever
Practical advice on day to day concerns of the dying and their caregivers. [4 opinions]
4. Sociology of Death and Dying
Discussion of different aspects of these events which effect society. Examines the social orders and gives a historical perspective. [2 opinions]
5. Beyond Indigo
Offers grief support and information on end of life issues for family, friends, pets, and loved ones. [2 opinions]
6. Thanatolinks
Links to internet sites related to death and dying, including sociology articles, hospice resources, and the Children with AIDS Project. [2 opinions]
7. 1000 Deaths
Provide help and support to Survivors of Loved Ones Suicides (SOLOS) through outreach, education and research. [1 opinion]
8. About.com: Death and Dying
Offers resources for dealing with the death of a loved one or co-worker. Includes coping, what to say and moving on. [1 opinion]
9. Suicide Lodge
Offers facts, statistics, resources, history and methods. Includes prevention and intervention. [1 opinion]
10. Growth House
A guide to death, dying, grief, bereavement, and end of life resources including hospice care and help for children. [1 opinion]
11. Make a Will Quiz
Brief article and quiz on the advantages and disadvantages of making your own will. Offers links to additional financial planning info as well. [1 opinion]
12. AARP Grief and Loss
Offers programs and resources for coping with grief issues. Includes family members, hotline support, remembering & celebrating and helping others. [1 opinion]
13. Bushido Samurai
The lifestyle and history of this type of warrior is shared and how hara kiri began. It provided an honorable death. Beheaded by a kinsmen afterward. [1 opinion]
14. Seppuku:Ritualistic Suicide of the Samurai Class
Examines the history of this form of death chosen by these warriors and compares contemporary practices of Hara Kiri. [1 opinion]
15. Mass Suicide
The author asks the question is taking one's own life ever justified? The act is traced from Masada Jews to Taino Indians to Guyana's Jonestown. [1 opinion]
16. The Blues Not a Normal Part of Aging
Understand how a man's fear of dependence develops and may even lead to suicide. David Clark presents undestanding from a journal article he wrote. [1 opinion]
17. Partnership for Caring
A non-profit organization in the USA providing resources for dealing with end-of-life issues. Includes wills, medical powers-of-attorney & news. [0 opinions]
18. Death & Medicine
A discussion of how medical technology now prolongs life yet takes away the rites of passage for the dying. Includes statistics and referances. [0 opinions]
19. End of Life
Online presentation of the NPR series on exploring death in America. Includes personal stories, resource links, and on-air transcripts. [0 opinions]
20. Internet Obituary Network
Provides access to public death notices of the rich, famous & ordinary citizens in the USA. Includes a state search. [0 opinions]
21. Before I Die
Overview of a PBS documentary presented documentary in April 1997. Has real life stories and some of the issues of dying. [0 opinions]
22. Griefshare
A place to go and grieve the loss of a loved one. Share information and resources to help heal. [0 opinions]
23. Project on Death In America
Aims to transform the culture of dying in the USA. Includes funding initiatives, care innovations, international efforts and newsletter. [0 opinions]
24. Hinduism Today: Death and Dying
A 1997 article which discusses reincarnation in this religion. Includes funeral and memorial rites. [0 opinions]
25. Islamic View on Dying
Discussion of this religion and the belief that one lives this life as a passage to the next. [0 opinions]
26. Helping Children deal with Death and Dying
Discussion of the need to speak about this subject with the young. Includes how to approach the subject and deal with events. [0 opinions]
27. Children and Grief
An article suggesting ways that parents and others can assist the young in dealing with death. [0 opinions]
28. Grief Loss and Recovery
Online support group offering articles, stories and poems. Includes an email discussion forum, memoirs and memorial. [0 opinions]
29. Good Grief Rituals
Explains how performing these actions can assist in the healing process following death. Includes resources and contact information. [0 opinions]
30. What is Grief?
An explanation of the 5 stages of coping with loss as well as strategies for overcoming this period. Includes denial, anger and acceptance. [0 opinions]
31. The Grief Continuum: Three Stages of Grief Work
Offers strategies for coping with loss. Includes reclaimation & reconcilliation and respect. [0 opinions]
32. Seppuku - Ritual Suicide
Provides a history of this practice in feudal Japan, from it's first occurance with Samurai warriors. Includes cermony and customs. [0 opinions]
33. Bartleby.com: Hara-kiri
Offers a history of and provides a description of this method of suicide. Includes obligatory and voluntary practices. [0 opinions]
34. Hinduism Today: Uproar over Rajput Sati
Article about a widow who threw herself on her husband's funeral pyre in 1987, leading to debate over this Hindu practice. [0 opinions]
35. Ritual Suicide
Examines the differences between harakiri and other forms of killing oneself in current day Japan. Includes motive, form and martyrdom. [0 opinions]
36. Samurai's Death - Seppuku
Examines the history of this form of suicide. Includes reasons, location, method, ceremony, photographs and images. [0 opinions]
37. Shinju
Examines the history of Seppuku in Japanese society. Includes forms, alternative names, honour, buddhism and shintoism. [0 opinions]
38. Implications of Harakiri
Examines the imprtance of the abdomen in Japanese culture when Samurai perform this ritual act. [0 opinions]
39. Himeji-Jo
A photograph of harakiri-maru, an area of a castle where ritual suicide was committed. Includes description. [0 opinions]
40. Cultic Studies: Mass Suicides Timeline
Offers a chronology of multiple cult deaths from 1978 to present. Includes Jonestown, Guyana and Waco, Texas. [0 opinions]
41. Holology.com: Mass Suicide
Examines multiple cultural and cult deaths. Includes the influence of social and mental illness factors. [0 opinions]
42. Online News Hour - Cult Mentality
Transcript of an interview with Jim Lehrer and Dr. Robert Jay Lifton regarding the discovery of 39 boies in San Diego in 1997. Includes audio. [0 opinions]
43. ABCNews - Doomsday
Provides news articles regarding the death of 235 followers of this cult in Uganda in 2000. Includes audio and transcripts. [0 opinions]
44. Suicide Facts
Provides historical information for this form of death in religions & different societies. Includes statistics, methods and stories. [0 opinions]
45. ZetaTalk: Suicide Cults
Gain a better understanding of the qualities of cult leader and followers from this article about dependent obedience as it relates to mass suicide. [0 opinions]
46. Making Sense of Heaven's Gate
Author Arthur Douglas Groothuis attempts to answer the questions as to why 39 young people would commit ritual suicide and is Christianity to blame. [0 opinions]
47. The People's Temple (Jim Jones)
Provides a historical overview of this interracial mission created by Jim Jones and events that led to the cult suicides in Jonestown, Guyana. [0 opinions]
48. Shmeng: Philosphy on Suicide
Article which offers a history of this subject from a philosophical point of view. Includes literature,kamikaze, religious cults, and Dr. Kevorkian. [0 opinions]
49. Guinea and Pig - the Cult of Heavens Gate
A Kristin Sorrells essay in which she examines the formation of this group. Looks at influences behind it's creation and beliefs. [0 opinions]
50. Commentary on the Reported Mass Suicide in America
Buddhist journal analysis of the Heaven's Gate cult. Includes the importance of a healthy family as a way to prevent such an act. [0 opinions]
51. Affidavit of Deboray Layton Blakey
A detailed account of life at People's Temple written by this woman 4 weeks after she escaped. Learn how fear and terror were used to control people. [0 opinions]
52. Japan Shocked by Fourth Apparent Internet Suicide
An incident report in which the world wide web is used by people to contact others interested in this issue. [0 opinions]
53. Questia Online Library Online Library
Article examining the deaths of a husband and wife in a Swiss clinic in April, 2003. [0 opinions]
54. The Suicide Pact Mystery
Learn about the origin of this phrase, dating back from the Constitution, to a famous 1949 courtcase, to today's issues. [0 opinions]
55. Register: Internet suicide chat room killer held
Article about the dangers chat rooms and how an attempted murder was foiled. Includes actual cases. [0 opinions]
56. Another Suicide Pact
Understand how cultural beliefs in Korea led four girls to desperate acts. [0 opinions]
57. 3 Leap to Death After Making Internet Suicide Pact
South Koreans are the largest group using the web for this purpose. Article examines what draws people to these sites. [0 opinions]
58. Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Cluster of Suicide
As a result of increased statistics, a community in New Jersey developed and implemented a system of prevention and education. [0 opinions]
59. News Study Depression leads some Elderly to Kill
Reserach in Florida showed that murder sucide was not always a love pact but a result of a man's stress taking care of his wife and his failing healt [0 opinions]
60. Remember me when I'm gone
Non-profit initiative aims to inspire and help parents who are dying, to create a memory book about their own life for their children. [0 opinions]

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