Death and the Quest for Meaning: Essays in Honor of Herman Feifel
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Covers historical & religious perspectives, caregivers, children & adolescents, current topics on death, etc. Booknews Essays in tribute to pioneering researcher Herman Feifel cover all aspects of thanatology, the study of death and dying and the care of the dying and bereaved. Topics include the role of the caregiver, the process of grief, religious and spiritual perspectives, how children cope with death, and assisted death. Of interest to social workers, nurses, psychotherapists, physicians, clergy, and educators. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
PrefaceContributorsIntroduction: A Personal Memoir of Herman Feifel1Death Attitudes in Contemporary Perspective32Death, Technology, and Gender in Postmodern American Society313Hospice's Path to the Future574Judaism's Import for End-of-Life Issues795Modernist Attitudes toward Death1096Quality of Life in Patients with Life-Threatening Illness1377Helping People Die1538From the Very First Patient to the Very Last: Soul Pain, Aesthetic Distance, and the Training of Physicians1639Children, Adolescents, and Death19310Children and Questions about Death21711The Quest for Meaning in Illness, Dying, Death, and Bereavement24112Vicarious Bereavement25713Ambiguity in Aging27714Horrendous Death30115Death, Society, and the Quest for Immortality32916The Knowledge of Death as a Stimulus to Creativity34517What Is the Future of Death?361Herman Feifel - Then and Now381AppHighlights of Herman Feifel's Career383Print Bibliography of Herman Feifel389Credits397Index399
\ BooknewsEssays in tribute to pioneering researcher Herman Feifel cover all aspects of thanatology, the study of death and dying and the care of the dying and bereaved. Topics include the role of the caregiver, the process of grief, religious and spiritual perspectives, how children cope with death, and assisted death. Of interest to social workers, nurses, psychotherapists, physicians, clergy, and educators. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
