Dying

Released on 1988 by Hannelore Wass
Dying

Author: Hannelore Wass

Publisher: Hemisphere Pub

ISBN: 0891167463

Category: Social Science

Page: 472

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Experts in thanatology look at the ways people face dying and bereavement, incorporating disciplines including psychology, nursing, family studies, philosophy, law, religion, and political science, while highlighting thanatology's core psychological and therapeutic dimensions. Chapters touch on subjects such as historical and cultural attitudes, institutional dying, the hospice approach, American funeral practice, and spiritual aspects of grief and mourning. This third edition includes material on AIDS and the right to die. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Thanatopics
Language: en
Pages: 129

Thanatopics

Authors: J. Eugene Knott, Mary C. Ribar, Betty M. Duson, Marc R. King
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher:

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Dying
Language: en
Pages: 472

Dying

Authors: Hannelore Wass, Felix M. Berardo, Robert A. Neimeyer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Hemisphere Pub

Experts in thanatology look at the ways people face dying and bereavement, incorporating disciplines including psychology, nursing, family studies, philosophy, law, religion, and political science, while highlighting thanatology's core psychological and therapeutic dimensions. Chapters touch on subjects such as historical and cultural attitudes, institutional dying, the hospice approach, American funeral
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Language: en
Pages: 408

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Authors: Lewis R. Aiken
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-07-01 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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Language: en
Pages: 271

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Authors: Carla Sofka, PhD, Illene Noppe Cupit, PhD, Kathleen R. Gilbert
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-09 - Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

" This text provides current information about thanatechnology, the communication technology used in providing death education, grief counseling, and thanatology research. It offers a broad overview of how the communication technology revolution affects individuals coping with end-of-life issues, death-related and non-death loss and grief, and implications of the digital divide
The Art of Dying
Language: en
Pages: 320

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Authors: Patricia Weenolsen
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-02 - Publisher: Open Road Media

“The Art of Dying speaks to modern readers with refreshing frankness and wit. It covers the subject thoroughly, from how to inform relatives of impending death, to coping with pain and fear, to death rituals, to preparing for a possible afterlife or, depending on one’s viewpoint, the end of it