Death, society, and human experience Robert J. Kastenbaum
Publisher: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1998.
ISBN: 0205264778
DDC: 306.9
LCC: BF789
Edition: (pbk.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. As We Think About Death -- 2. What is Death? What Does Death Mean?
-- 3. The Death System -- 4. Causes of Death: Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow -- 5. Dying: Transition from Life -- 6. The Hospice Approach
to Terminal Care -- 7. AIDS: Living in the Valley of the Shadow -- 8.
Suicide -- 9. Violent Death: Murder, Terrorism, Accident, and
Disaster -- 10. Assisted Death and the Right to Die -- 11. Death in
the World of Childhood -- 12. Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning -- 13.
The Funeral Process -- 14. Do We Survive Death? -- 15. How Can We
Help? The Promise of Death Education and Counseling.
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