Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement - Hardcover

Leming, Michael R.; Dickinson, George E.

 
9780495810186: Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement

Synopsis

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.

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Review

1. Studying Dying, Death, and Bereavement. 2. The American Experience of Death. 3. Growing Up with Death. 4. Perspectives on Death and Life After Death. 5. The Dying Process. 6. Living with Dying. 7. Dying in the American Health-Care System. 8. Biomedical Issues and Euthanasia. 9. Suicide. 10. Diversity in Death Rituals. 11. The Business of Dying. 12. The Legal Aspects of Dying. 13. Coping with Loss. 14. Grieving Throughout the Life Cycle. References. Index. Credits.

About the Author

George E. Dickinson is professor of sociology at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. He holds degrees from Baylor University (B.A. in biology and M.A. in sociology) and Louisiana State University (Ph.D. in sociology). He has completed postdoctoral studies in gerontology at Pennsylvania State University, in thanatology at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, and in medical sociology at the University of Connecticut. He was Visiting Research Fellow in palliative medicine at the University of Sheffield’s School of Medicine in England in 1999, the International Observatory on End of Life Care in the Institute for Health Research at Lancaster University in England in 2006, and the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science’s Department of Animal Behavior and Welfare in England in 2013. He has published over 90 articles in numerous professional journals.

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9780840032850: Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement, International Edition

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ISBN 10:  0840032854 ISBN 13:  9780840032850
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2010
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