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050 00 $aR726.8$b.F33 1996
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245 00 $aFacing death :$bwhere culture, religion and
medicine meet /$cedited by Howard M. Spiro, Mary G. McCrea
Curnen, Lee Palmer Wandel.
260 $aNew Haven, CT :$bYale University Press,$c1996.
300 $axxii, 212 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"Prepared under the auspices of the Program for
Humanities in Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
and the Goethe-Institut, Boston.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 $aForeword / Daniel Callahan -- Preface: Facing
Death / Howard M. Spiro -- Introduction: Defining a Life:
The Western Tradition / Lee Palmer Wandel -- Ch. 1.
Attending to Dying: Limitations of Medical Technology (A
Resident's Perspective) / Eric L. Krakauer -- Ch. 2. Before
Their Time: A Clinician's Reflections on Death and AIDS /
Peter A. Selwyn -- Ch. 3. The Doctor's Role in Death /
Sherwin B. Nuland -- Ch. 4. Thoughts on Euthanasia and
Physician-Assisted Suicide / Alan B. Astrow -- Ch. 5.
Learning to Care for the Dying / Alan C. Mermann -- Ch. 6.
Thoughts on Witnessing Death / James D. Kenney -- Ch. 7. The
Changing Face of Death in Children / Diane M. Komp -- Ch. 8.
When Children Mourn a Loved One / Morris A. Wessel -- Ch. 9.
The Emergence of Hospice Care in the United States /
Florence S. Wald -- Ch. 10. Caring for Those Who Die in Old
Age / Joanne Lynn -- Ch. 11. Living in the Maelstrom / Alvin
Novick -- Ch. 12. An Ars Moriendi for Our Time: To Live a
Fulfilled Life; to Die a Peaceful Death / Arthur E. Imhof --
Ch. 13. The Art of Dying in Hindu India / Sylvia Vatuk --
Ch. 14. Reflections on Mortality from a Jewish Perspective /
James E. Ponet -- Ch. 15. Catholic Theology's Main Thoughts
on Death / Harald Wagner -- Ch. 16. The Law of the Spirits:
Chinese Popular Beliefs / Valerie Hansen -- Ch. 17. The
Meaning of Death in Islam / Ira M. Lapidus -- Ch. 18. From
This World to the Next: Notes on Death and Dying in Early
America / John Demos -- Ch. 19. Ars Memoriandi: The NAMES
Project AIDS Quilt / Peter S. Hawkins -- Ch. 20. Bearing the
Spirit Home / Frederick J. Streets -- Ch. 21. Witnessing
Death versus Framing Death / William B. McCullough -- Ch.
22. Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect / William J.
Bouwsma.
650 0 $aTerminally ill.
650 0 $aDeath$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aDeath$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aDeath$xMoral and ethical aspects.
700 1 $aSpiro, Howard M.$q(Howard Marget),$d1924-
700 1 $aCurnen, Mary G. McCrea.
700 1 $aWandel, Lee Palmer.
710 2 $aYale University.$bProgram for Humanities in
Medicine.
710 2 $aGoethe-Institut (Boston, Mass.)
901 $aN4920674
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909 00 $aFacing death :$bwhere culture, religion, and
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Curnen, and Lee Palmer Wandel.
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