The last dance encountering death and dying

Attitudes toward death : a climate of change -- Learning about death : the influence of sociocultural forces -- Perspectives on death : cultural and historical -- Death systems : mortality and society -- Health care : patients, staff, and institutions -- End-of-life issues and decisions -- Facing de...

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Huvudupphovsman: DeSpelder, Lynne Ann 1944-
Övriga upphovsmän: Strickland, Albert Lee
Materialtyp: Bok
Språk:English
Publicerad: Boston McGraw Hill Higher Education 2009
Upplaga:8th ed.
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Sammanfattning:Attitudes toward death : a climate of change -- Learning about death : the influence of sociocultural forces -- Perspectives on death : cultural and historical -- Death systems : mortality and society -- Health care : patients, staff, and institutions -- End-of-life issues and decisions -- Facing death : living with life-threatening illness -- Last rites : funerals and body disposition -- Survivors : understanding the experience of loss -- Death in the lives of children and adolescents -- Death in the lives of adults -- Suicide -- Threats of horrendous death -- Beyond death/after life -- The path ahead : personal and social choices.
Fysisk beskrivning:xxiv, 648 p. ill. 24 cm.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-626) and indexes.
ISBN:9780073405469 (alk. paper)
0073405469 (alk. paper)