Death and Dying: Life and Living
Practical and inspiring, this best-selling book helps you learn to cope with encounters with death, dying, and bereavement. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and include four substantial chapters devoted to death-related issues faced by children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. The text discusses a variety of cultural and religious perspectives that affect people's understandings and practices...
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This textbook is designed for undergraduate or graduate courses in death, dying, and bereavement. Each chapter opens with a list of objectives and a representative vignette or case study and concludes with a summary, glossary, review questions, and suggestions for further reading. The recognition of the significance of cultural differences in how people deal with death and dying informs the entire volume. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews Intended as a text for classes on death, dying, and bereavement, and useful as a general resource in the field, this book covers attitudes about death, death related practices, cultural differences, strategies for coping with dying, the experience of loss and grief, age-specific differences, legal issues, suicide, euthanasia, AIDS, and philosophical questions about the meaning of death. The authors teach at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Prologue: "The Horse on the Dining-Room Table"11Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement72Changing Encounters with Death293Changing Attitudes Toward Death534The Contemporary American Death System805Cultural Differences and Death1116Coping with Dying1437Helping Those Who Are Coping with Dying1688Hospice Principles and Caring for Those Coping with Dying1949Coping with Loss and Grief21710Helping Those Who Are Coping with Loss and Grief25111Funeral Practices and Other Memorial Rituals27812Children30313Adolescents34314Adults38115The Elderly40916Legal Issues43517Euthanasia46818Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior48819The Meaning and Place of Death in Life51420HIV Infection and AIDS535Epilogue: "How Could I Not Be Among You?"565
\ BooknewsIntended as a text for classes on death, dying, and bereavement, and useful as a general resource in the field, this book covers attitudes about death, death related practices, cultural differences, strategies for coping with dying, the experience of loss and grief, age-specific differences, legal issues, suicide, euthanasia, AIDS, and philosophical questions about the meaning of death. The authors teach at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
