The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying - Hardcover
Widely recognized as the best-selling textbook in the field, The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying, 6th Editionis an interdisciplinary introduction to death, dying, and bereavement. No prerequisite courses are necessary for students to appreciate the text's comprehensive treatment, sensitive writing, and unbiased presentation.
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More information on multiple losses and bereavement burnout.
A close look at the controversy about brain death in Japan.
A new focus on the challenges facing hospices and palliative care.
A look at advance directives in the context of emergency care.
An extensive list of Internet resources in the updated Instructor's Manual and the new Student Study Guide.
Interdisciplinary perspective. No other book in the field so successfully combines the research and theory of diverse disciplines such as anthropology, art, ethics, health science, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, public policy, religion, and sociology.
Empathy and compassion. Throughout the text there is a strong emphasis on positive and necessary values of compassion, listening, and tolerance for the views of others.
Multicultural perspective. The text examines socio-cultural influences on the understanding of death, including coverage of theoretical perspectives, the agents of socialization, and the role of ethnic and cultural traditions as related to death attitudes and customs in modern, pluralistic societies.
Integrated coverage of AIDS. Discussion of the impact of AIDS is integrated throughout the text (particularly Chapter 13) and appears in the discussion of such topics as hospice care, and grief following multiple losses.
Use of examples. A wide array of anecdotes, examples, songs, poems, and personal accounts are included to ensure that the content is relevant and concrete to students.
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A close look at the controversy about brain death in Japan.
A new focus on the challenges facing hospices and palliative care.
A look at advance directives in the context of emergency care.
An extensive list of Internet resources in the updated Instructor's Manual and the new Student Study Guide.
Interdisciplinary perspective. No other book in the field so successfully combines the research and theory of diverse disciplines such as anthropology, art, ethics, health science, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, public policy, religion, and sociology.
Empathy and compassion. Throughout the text there is a strong emphasis on positive and necessary values of compassion, listening, and tolerance for the views of others.
Multicultural perspective. The text examines socio-cultural influences on the understanding of death, including coverage of theoretical perspectives, the agents of socialization, and the role of ethnic and cultural traditions as related to death attitudes and customs in modern, pluralistic societies.
Integrated coverage of AIDS. Discussion of the impact of AIDS is integrated throughout the text (particularly Chapter 13) and appears in the discussion of such topics as hospice care, and grief following multiple losses.
Use of examples. A wide array of anecdotes, examples, songs, poems, and personal accounts are included to ensure that the content is relevant and concrete to students.
An interdisciplinary introduction to death studies which combines the research and theory of diverse disciplines such as anthropology and philosophy, and includes a range of anecdotes, examples, songs, poems and personal accounts to integrate the experiential and the scholarly.
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- PublisherMayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 155934458X
- ISBN 13 9781559344586
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number4
- Number of pages656
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