Path Ahead: Readings in Death and Dying
This anthology directs attention to the evolving understanding of death and dying in today’s multicultural environment. Authoritative voices of pioneers and pathfinders in the field of death studies are joined by insightful commentators from intersecting disciplines, bringing depth and range of coverage to current knowledge about death, dying, and bereavement. This approach encourages critical thinking and allows students to examine their own feelings and beliefs about the...
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This anthology directs attention to the evolving understanding of death and dying in today’s multicultural environment. Authoritative voices of pioneers and pathfinders in the field of death studies are joined by insightful commentators from intersecting disciplines, bringing depth and range of coverage to current knowledge about death, dying, and bereavement. This approach encourages critical thinking and allows students to examine their own feelings and beliefs about the path ahead.
PART I. CULTURAL CONTEXTS Confronting Death / Robert Kastenbaum, Reconstructing Death in Postmodern Society / Herman Feifel, Psychology and Death: Meaningful Rediscovery / Charles E. Rosenberg, What is an Epidemic? AIDS in Historical Perspective / Jack Lule, News Strategies and the Death of Huey NewtonMulti-Cultural Perspectives on Dying and Death / Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil / Joseph M. Kaufert and John D. O’Neil, Cultural Mediation of Dying and Grieving Among Native Canadian Patients in Urban Hospitals / Christopher L. Hayes and Richard A. Kalish, Death-Related Experiences and Funerary Practices of the Hmong Refugee in the United States / Ronald K. Barrett, Contemporary African-American Funeral Rites and Traditions PART II. SOCIAL ISSUES The Health Care System / Daniel Callahan, The Limits of Medical Progress: A Principle of Symmetry / Stanley Joel Reiser, The Era of the Patient: Using the Experience of Illness in Shaping the Missions of Health Care / William M. Lamers Jr., Hospice: Enhancing the Quality of Life / Balfour M. Mount, Keeping the Mission / William G. Bartholome, Care of the Dying Child: The Demands of EthicsMedical Ethics and Decision Making / Richard S. Sandor, On Death and Coding / Margot L. White and John C. Fletcher, The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Doe: ‘You Can’t Tell My Husband He’s Dying; It Will Kill Him’ / Charles J. Dougherty, The Common Good, Terminal Illness, and EuthanasiaViolence / Daniel Leviton, Horrendous Death: Improving the Quality of Global Health / James Garbarino, Challenges We Face in Understanding Children and War:A Personal Essay / Zlata Filipovíc, Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo / Ice T, The Killing FieldsSuicide / Judith M. Stillion, Premature Exits: Understanding Suicide / Kevin E. Early and Ronald L. Akers, “It’s a White Thing”—An Exploration of Beliefs about Suicide in the African-American Community / Kathleen Erwin, Interpreting the Evidence: Competing Paradigms and the Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Suicide as a ‘Social Fact’ PART III. PERSONAL DIMENSIONS OF LOSS The Experience of Grief / Margaret Stroebe, Mary M. Gergen, Kenneth J. Gergen, and Wolfgang Stroebe, Broken Hearts or Broken Bonds: Love and Death in Historical Perspective / John D. Kelly, Grief: Re-forming Life’s Story / Dennis Klass, Solace and Immortality: Bereaved Parents’ Continuing Bond with Their Children / Phylliss R. Silverman, Steven Nickman, and J. William Worden, Detachment Revisited: The Child’s Reconstruction of a Dead ParentRecognizing Hidden Sorrow / Kenneth J. Doka, Disenfranchised Grief / Avery D. Weisman, Bereavement and Companion AnimalsSocial Support for Survivors / Stephen J. Fleming and Leslie Balmer, Bereaved Families of Ontario: A Mutual-Help Model For Families Experiencing Death / Mary N. Hall and Paula T. Rappe, Humor and Critical Incident StressCoping with Life-Threatening Illness / Harold Brodkey, To My Readers / Janmarie Silvera, Crossing the Border / Charles A. Corr, A Task-Based Approach to Coping with Dying PART IV. DEATH IN LIFE Death Education for Living / Patrick Vernon Dean, Is Death Education a “Nasty Little Secret?” A Call to Break the Alleged Silence / Hannelore Wass, Visions in Death EducationAcknowledging Our Mortality / Allan B. Chinen, The Mortal King / Thomas Attig, Coping with Mortality: An Essay on Self-Mourning / Alfred G. Killilea, The Politics of Being Mortal / Sandra L. Bertman, Bearing the Unbearable: From Loss, the Gain Further Readings Notes and References Index
