| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231). |
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"Internet Resources": pages 232-240. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Canadian Perspectives on Death and Dying: Introduction -- The Text Within -- My First Experiences with Death -- Psycho/Social Aspects -- Death as a Socially Constructed Phenomenon -- Neomorts -- The Psychology of Death and Dying -- Death Anxiety -- Gender Experiences with Death and Dying -- Suggested Readings -- Discussion Questions -- In-class Assignments -- Chapter Two -- Approaches to the Exercises in this Book -- Personal Experiences with Death Exercise -- Reflecting on our Dying Exercise -- Fears of Dying Exercise -- Grief Awareness Exercise. |
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Loss Awareness Exercise -- Discussion Questions -- In-class Assignments -- Definitions and the Diagnosis of Death -- Types of Death -- Social Rules of Death -- Nearly Dead -- Process of Dying -- After Death -- Suggested Readings -- Discussion Questions -- In-class Assignments -- Chapter Four -- Towards Death and Dying -- Death and Life as Social Change and as Social Process -- Karen Ann Quinlan (New Jersey, U.S.A.) -- Sophia Park (Ontario, Canada) -- The Text Within -- History of Notions of Death and Dying -- Care of the Dead -- History -- Contemporary Western Views of Death. |
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Suggested Readings -- Discussion Questions -- In-class Assignments -- Chapter 5 -- Types of Death and Dying -- Brain/Biological Death -- Emotional/Psychological Death -- Spiritual Death -- Social Death -- Dying in Old Age -- Dying in an Institution -- Stages of Death and Dying -- Personal/Structural Elements -- The Good Death -- Death Education -- Suggested Readings -- Discussion Questions -- In-class Assignments -- Hospice/Palliative Care: An Overview -- Hospice Chronology: Europe -- The Text Within -- Similarities and Differences in the Hospices I Visited -- How Long in Operation. |
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How Many People Served -- How Many Beds -- Average Stay -- Catchment Area -- Admission Criteria -- Referral Process -- Types of Services Offered -- Types of Professionals -- Ongoing Education for Staff -- Number of Volunteers -- Recruitment of Volunteers -- Age Ranges and Gender of Volunteers -- Primary Causes of Death -- Funding -- Networking -- Relationship to National Health Service -- How Close to Nearest Hospital -- Involvement of Important Ones -- Bereavement Care -- Involvement of Local Community -- Public Education Provided -- Physical Layout -- Program Evaluation. |
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Multidisciplinary Team -- Vision of the Future -- Women's Experiences of Caring for the Dying -- How do Women get Involved in Palliative Care? -- The Work of a Palliative Care Volunteer -- Why are Women Involved in Palliative Care? -- Conclusion -- Suggested Readings -- Discussion Questions -- In-class Assignments -- Euthanasia as a Sociological Issue -- The Dutch Case for Euthanasia -- The Australian Situation -- The Oregon Death with Dignity Act -- The Colombian Situation -- The Japanese Situation -- The Canadian Experience: Sue Rodriguez -- What are the Issues in the Euthanasia Debate? |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects -- Canada.
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Death -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00888680
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Canada. (OCoLC)fst01204310
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Auger, Jeanette A., 1945- Social perspectives on death and dying. Halifax [N.S.] : Fernwood Pub., ©2000 (DLC) 00456766 |
| ISBN |
9781552660287 |
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1552660281 |
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