Understanding Dying Death and Bereavement
By: Michael R Leming and others
Contributor(s): LEMING (Michael R) | DICKINSON (George E)Material type: 
TextLanguage: English Publisher: Australia Wadsworth Cengage Learning 2011Edition: 7Description: 565 p. PB 23x18 cmISBN: 9780840032850Subject(s): Bereavement Psychological aspects | Social aspectsDDC classification: 306.9 Summary: Using a social-psychological approach, this edition remains solidly grounded in theory and research, but places greater emphasis on the individual and coping with death and dying. These two well-known authors and researchers integrate stimulating personal accounts throughout the text, and apply concepts to specific examples that deal with cross cultural perspectives and the practical matters of death and dying.
CONTENTS:
Studying dying, death, and bereavement
The American experience of death
Growing up with death
Perspectives on death and life after death
The dying process
Living with dying
Dying in the American health care system
Biomedical issues and euthanasia
Suicide
Diversity in death rituals
The business of dying
The legal aspects of dying
Coping with loss
Grieving throughout the life cycle
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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St Aloysius College (Autonomous) | Sociology | 306.9 LEMU (Browse shelf) | Reference Book | D05666 |
Using a social-psychological approach, this edition remains solidly grounded in theory and research, but places greater emphasis on the individual and coping with death and dying. These two well-known authors and researchers integrate stimulating personal accounts throughout the text, and apply concepts to specific examples that deal with cross cultural perspectives and the practical matters of death and dying.
CONTENTS:
Studying dying, death, and bereavement
The American experience of death
Growing up with death
Perspectives on death and life after death
The dying process
Living with dying
Dying in the American health care system
Biomedical issues and euthanasia
Suicide
Diversity in death rituals
The business of dying
The legal aspects of dying
Coping with loss
Grieving throughout the life cycle
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