Hanging Between Life and Death!

Dismantling the boundaries between life and death

This paper explores some of the ways in which the conceptual boundaries between the living and the deadÐonce assumed to be as stark and solid as the walls around the asylums and prisonsÐare becoming blurred and are breaking down. It argues that the continuing relationships between bereaved people and their deceased relatives and friends are not new but have been marginalised by the discourses a...

[Death by hanging and television (apropos of 2 cases)].

Homicide-suicide (dyadic death): a case study of double hanging.

Murder-suicide, homicide-suicide, and dyadic death all refer to an incident where a homicide is committed followed by the perpetrator's suicide almost immediately or soon after the homicide. Homicide-suicides are relatively uncommon and vary from region to region. In the selected literature that we reviewed, shooting was the common method of killing and suicide, and only 3 cases of homicidal ha...

Function of the p53 gene: choice between life and death.

Gene p53 is a central component of a system that eliminates pathologically damaged cells from an organism. Multiple signal pathways monitor the state of a cell and when damage or a fault is found that could cause heritable changes, p53 protein is activated to either coordinate the repair process or induce cell suicide. Thus, the p53 gene acts as a supreme judge that decides the fate of cells an...

Nix: the cardiac Styx between life and death.

In Greek mythology, the river Styx is a river that formed the boundary between earth and the underworld or Hades, the abode of the dead. The ferryman of the river Styx was called Charon, a personification of the decision-making process between life and death. According to some versions of the myth, the river Styx had miraculous powers and could make someone immortal. Achilles was said to have b...