Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement
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This sixth edition updates the 2002 fifth edition and includes updated statistics and discussion of terrorism and of the tsunami of 2004. Leming (sociology, St. Olaf College) and Dickinson (sociology, College of Charleston) multidisciplinary textbook is for undergraduates and students in professional programs. Coverage encompasses the study of death and dying, the American experience, growing up with death, cultural perspectives including life after death, the dying process, and living with a terminal illness. Further detailed are the American health care system, biomedical issues and euthanasia, suicide, rituals in different cultures, funerals and services, legal aspects, loss, and grieving. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews This update of the 1998 edition reflects the coming "out of the closet" of discussions of these topics since the original 1985 edition. Sociologists Leming (St. Olaf College, MN) and Dickinson (College of Charleston, SC) have added chapters on living with dying, dying in the American healthcare system, the business of dying, legal aspects of death, and grieving throughout the life cycle. Other chapters on standard topics have been updated. Includes boxed inserts on practical matters, voices of those experiencing these states, other words of wisdom, and death across cultures; discussion questions; glossaries; suggested readings; and cartoons. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
1. Studying Dying, Death, and Bereavement2.The American Experience of Death3.Growing Up with Death4.Perspectives on Death and Life after Death5.The Dying Process6.Living with Dying7.Dying in the American Health-Care System8.Biomedical Issues and Euthanasia9.Suicide10.Diversity in Death Rituals11.The Business of Dying12.The Legal Aspects of Dying13.Coping with Loss14.Grieving Throughout the Life Cycle.
