| Edition |
7th ed. |
| Description |
xxxiv, 782 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Revised edition of: Death and dying, life and living. 6th ed. c2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (partially annotated; pages 669-753) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The horse on the dining-room table / Richard A. Kalish -- Learning about death, dying, and bereavement. Education about death, dying, and bereavement -- Death. Changing encounters with death -- Changing attitudes toward death -- Death-related practices and the American death system -- Cultural patterns and death -- Dying. Coping with dying -- Coping with dying : how individuals can help -- Coping with dying : how communities can help -- Bereavement. Coping with loss and grief -- Coping with loss and grief : how individuals can help -- Coping with loss and grief : funeral practices and other ways communities can help -- Developmental perspectives. Children -- Adolescents -- Young and middle-aged adults -- Older adults -- Legal, conceptual, and moral issues. Legal issues -- Suicide and life threatening behavior -- Assisted suicide and euthanasia : intentionally ending a human life -- The meaning and place of death in life -- An example of a specific disease entity. Illustrating the themes of this book : Alzheimer's disease -- Epilogue: Calendar date gives Mom reason to contemplate life / Elizabeth Vega-Fowler. |
| Subject |
Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
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Death.
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Grief.
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Care of the sick.
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Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00830669
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Care of the sick. (OCoLC)fst00847260
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Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00888643
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Grief. (OCoLC)fst00947883
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Tod. (DE-588)4060294-1
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Trauerarbeit. (DE-588)4204779-1
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Attitude to Death.
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Bereavement.
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Grief.
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Terminal Care.
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| Added Author |
Corr, Donna M. Contributor.
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Bordere, Tashel C. Contributor.
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| Added Title |
Death and dying, life and living |
| ISBN |
9781111840617 (paperback) |
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111184061X (paperback) |
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9781111840860 |
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1111840865 |
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