A Journey Through The Last Dance: Activities and Resources

by Despelder, Lynne Ann; Strickland, Albert Lee

• ISBN13: 9780072930474
• ISBN10: 0072930470
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Table of Contents

Preface: Using This Book	xi
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Getting Acquainted with Your Text: A Self-Guided Tour	1	(4)
Death and Dying on the Web: Evaluating and Using Internet Resources	5	(10)
Evaluating Internet Resources	9	(6)
Examining Your Attitudes and Experiences	15	(8)
Questionnaire: You and Death	16	(7)
Writing Your Deathography	23	(8)
Childhood Loss Memories	25	(2)
Questionnaire: Loss Inventory	27	(2)
Deathography Reading Assignment	29	(2)
PART II: CHAPTER RESOURCES
Attitudes Toward Death: A Climate of Change	31	(16)
Chapter Summary	31	(1)
Objectives	32	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	32	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	33	(1)
Practice Test Questions	34	(1)
Related Readings	35	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	36	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	37	(1)
Observations and Reflections	37	(10)
Humor and Death: Cartoons	39	(2)
Humor and Death: Jokes	41	(2)
Music and Death	43	(2)
Corporate Response to Death, Dying, and Bereavement: The Airlines	45	(2)
Learning About Death: The Influence of Sociocultural Forces	47	(16)
Chapter Summary	47	(1)
Objectives	48	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	49	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	49	(1)
Practice Test Questions	50	(1)
Related Readings	51	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	52	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	53	(1)
Observations and Reflections	53	(10)
Thoughts about Death	55	(2)
A Mature Concept of Death	57	(2)
Television as Teacher	59	(4)
Perspectives on Death: Cross-Cutural and Historical	63	(12)
Chapter Summary	63	(1)
Objectives	64	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	64	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	64	(1)
Practice Test Questions	65	(2)
Related Readings	67	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	68	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	68	(1)
Observations and Reflections	69	(6)
Death Customs	71	(2)
Cultural Diversity: Internet Exercise	73	(2)
Health Care Systems: Patients, Staff, and Institutions	75	(14)
Chapter Summary	75	(1)
Objectives	76	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	76	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	77	(1)
Practice Test Questions	77	(2)
Related Readings	79	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	80	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	81	(1)
Observations and Reflections	81	(8)
Health Care Dramas: Television and the Terminally Ill	83	(2)
Home Care	85	(2)
Creating a Hospice	87	(2)
Death Systems: Matters of Public Policy	89	(14)
Chapter Summary	89	(1)
Objectives	90	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	91	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	91	(1)
Practice Test Questions	92	(1)
Related Readings	93	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	94	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	95	(1)
Observations and Reflections	95	(8)
Death Certificate	97	(2)
The Death System	99	(2)
Organ Donation	101	(2)
Facing Death: Living with Life-Threatening Illness	103	(16)
Chapter Summary	103	(1)
Objectives	104	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	105	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	105	(1)
Practice Test Questions	106	(1)
Related Readings	107	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	108	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	109	(1)
Observations and Reflections	110	(9)
Death Fears	111	(2)
Questionnaire: Life-Threatening Illness	113	(2)
Signs and Symptoms Near Death	115	(4)
End-of-Life Issues and Decisions	119	(20)
Chapter Summary	119	(2)
Objectives	121	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	122	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	122	(2)
Practice Test Questions	124	(1)
Related Readings	125	(2)
Organizations and Internet Resources	127	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	128	(1)
Observations and Reflections	129	(10)
End-of-Life Issues: Withdrawing Life Support	131	(2)
Final Wishes	133	(2)
Attorney Interview	135	(4)
Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss	139	(14)
Chapter Summary	139	(1)
Objectives	140	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	140	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	141	(1)
Practice Test Questions	142	(1)
Related Readings	143	(2)
Organizations and Internet Resources	145	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	145	(1)
Observations and Reflections	146	(7)
The 5L Model for Companioning the Bereaved	147	(2)
Survivor Interview	149	(2)
Internet Survivor Support	151	(2)
Last Rites: Funerals and Body Disposition	153	(14)
Chapter Summary	153	(1)
Objectives	154	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	154	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	155	(1)
Practice Test Questions	156	(1)
Related Readings	157	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	158	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	159	(1)
Observations and Reflections	159	(8)
Creating a Funeral Home	161	(2)
Questionnaire: Funeral Planning	163	(2)
Interview with a Funeral Director	165	(2)
Death in the Lives of Children and Adolescents	167	(18)
Chapter Summary	167	(1)
Objectives	168	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	168	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	169	(1)
Practice Test Questions	170	(1)
Related Readings	171	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	172	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	173	(1)
Observations and Reflections	174	(11)
Explaining Death to Children: An Example from the Popular Press	175	(2)
Review Questions for The Bog	177	(2)
Factors and Variables That Influence Grief Reactions in Bereaved Children	179	(4)
Tools for Helping Bereaved Children	183	(2)
Death in the Lives of Adults	185	(18)
Chapter Summary	185	(1)
Objectives	186	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	187	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	187	(1)
Practice Test Questions	188	(1)
Related Readings	189	(2)
Organizations and Internet Resources	191	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	192	(1)
Observations and Reflections	192	(11)
For an Adult Who Had a Parent Die in Childhood or Adolescence: An Assessment	195	(4)
Children and Life-Threatening Illness: Internet Support	199	(2)
Death of a Child: Internet Support	201	(2)
Suicide	203	(12)
Chapter Summary	203	(2)
Objectives	205	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	205	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	205	(1)
Practice Test Questions	206	(2)
Related Readings	208	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	209	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	210	(1)
Observations and Reflections	211	(4)
Suicidal Behavior	213	(1)
Suicidal Tendencies	214	(1)
Risks of Death in the Modern World	215	(18)
Chapter Summary	215	(2)
Objectives	217	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	218	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	218	(2)
Practice Test Questions	220	(1)
Related Readings	221	(2)
Organizations and Internet Resources	223	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	224	(1)
Observations and Reflections	225	(8)
Movies and War	227	(2)
Violence and Your Environment	229	(2)
Violent Death and Children's Attitudes	231	(2)
Beyond Death / After Life	233	(14)
Chapter Summary	233	(1)
Objectives	234	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	234	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	235	(1)
Practice Test Questions	236	(1)
Related Readings	237	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	238	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	239	(1)
Observations and Reflections	240	(7)
Beliefs and How They Serve	241	(2)
Near-Death Experiences	243	(2)
Internet Beliefnet	245	(2)
The Path Ahead: Personal and Social Choices	247	(44)
Chapter Summary	247	(1)
Objectives	248	(1)
Key Terms and Concepts	248	(1)
Questions for Guided Study and Review	249	(1)
Practice Test Questions	249	(1)
Related Readings	250	(1)
Organizations and Internet Resources	251	(1)
Major Points in This Chapter	252	(1)
Observations and Reflections	253	(14)
Death in the Future	255	(2)
Death Predictions	257	(2)
Influence of the Pioneers	259	(2)
Ethical Will	261	(2)
Create Your Own Activities	263	(2)
Postscript and Farewell	265	(2)
PART III: RESOURCES FOR LEARNING AND WRITING ABOUT DEATH AND DYING
Reading a Journal Article	267	(4)
Writing a Research Paper	271	(2)
Guidelines and Suggestions for Research Projects	273	(18)
PART IV: APPENDIX
Answers to Practice Test Questions	291	(6)
Glossary	297