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| Death, society, and human experience | | Author(s) | Robert J Kastenbaum |
| Publisher | Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1998 |
| Pages | 441 pp |
| Source | Prentice Hall Europe, Campus 400, Maylands Avenue, hemel Hempstead, Herts., HP2 7EZ. |
| Keywords | Death ; Dying ; Bereavement ; Euthanasia ; AIDS ; Suicide ; Terminal care ; Funeral services ; Advisory services [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This textbook aims to provide an understanding of thanatology - the study of death, dying and bereavement. It covers a wide range of topics: attitudes, beliefs and feelings about death; ideas about the nature and meaning of death; dying; terminal care and hospices; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); suicide; violent death; assisted death and the right to die; children and death; bereavement, grief and mourning; the funeral process; near-death experiences; and death education and counselling. A list of organisations in the United States (US) with interests and expertise in issues related to death is included, as well as a list of journals (US) and selected videos. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980217207 B |
| Classmark | CW: CX: DW: CY: CQTT: EV: LV: OX: IT: 7T |
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