Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement

by Leming, Michael R.; Dickinson, George E.

• ISBN13: 9780495810186
• ISBN10: 0495810185
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-02
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

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.

Table of 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

References

Index

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