Dying, Death and Bereavement
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This book is a brief but comprehensive survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying. It is interdisciplinary and eclectic—medical, psychological, religious, philosophical, artistic, demographics, bereavement, and widowhood are all considered—but with an emphasis on psychological aspects. A variety of viewpoints and research findings on topics subsumed under "thanatology" receive thorough consideration. Questions, activities, and projects at the end of each chapter enhance reflection and personalize the material. This fourth edition features material on:• moral issues and court cases concerned with abortion and euthanasia;• the widespread problem of AIDS and other deadly diseases;• the tragedies occasioned by epidemics, starvation, and war; and• the resumption of capital punishment in many states.The book's enhanced multicultural tone reflects the increased economic, social, and physical interdependency among the nations of the world. Topics receiving increased attention in the fourth edition are: terror management; attitudes and practices concerning death; cross-cultural concepts of afterlife; gallows humor, out-of-body experiences; spiritualism; mass suicide; pet and romantic death; euthanasia; right to die; postbereavement depression; firearm deaths in children; children's understanding of death; child, adolescent, adult, and physician-assisted suicide; religious customs and death; confronting death; legal issues in death, dying and bereavement; death education; death music; creativity and death; longevity; broken heart phenomenon; beliefs in life after death; new definitions of death; children's acceptance of a parent's death; terminal illness; and the politics of death and dying. Booknews A concise but comprehensive interdisciplinary survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying, for use either as the principal text in a one-semester course on the topic or as a supplementary textbook in other courses. This revised edition (2nd ed., 1991) includes recent material on moral issues and court cases concerned with abortion and euthanasia; the widespread problems of AIDS and other deadly diseases; the tragedies occasioned by epidemics, starvation, and war; and the resumption of capital punishment in may states. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefacePt. IIntroduction11Mortality and Thanatology3Pt. IICauses and Circumstances of Death352Aging, Disease, and Starvation373Accidental Death and Suicide674Homicide and War93Pt. IIICultural Beliefs and Customs1235Funerary Rituals and Religion1256The Arts and Philosophy1617Legal Practices and Issues187Pt. IVHuman Development and Death2218Children and Death2239Death Attitudes, Fears, and Beliefs of Adults251Pt. VDying and Surviving27310The Process of Dying27511Bereavement and Widowhood301App. ARepresentative List of Names and Addresses of Periodicals Concerned With Death and Dying329App. BRepresentative List of Names and Addresses of Organizations Concerned With Death and Dying333App. CRepresentative List of Books on Death and Dying for Children and Adolescents339App. DQuestionnaires, Inventories, and Scales for Assessing Fears, Anxiety, and Attitudes Toward Death343App. ETest on Facts About Dying, Death, and Bereavement347Glossary349References363Author Index389Subject Index395
