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Death, Society, and Human Experience by Robert J. Kastenbaum (2006, Perfect, Revised edition)

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This landmark text in death education draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage of understanding death and the dying process. The text focuses on both individual and societal attitudes and how they influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. Robert Kastenbaum is a renowned scholar in the field who developed one of the world's first death education courses and introduced the first text for this market.

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Publisher
Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0205482627
ISBN-13
9780205482627
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Author
Robert J. Kastenbaum
Publication Name
Death, Society, and Human Experience
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Features
Revised
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
560 Pages

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9.3in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
7.5in
Item Weight
32.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Bf789.D4k36 2007
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
9
Table of Content
1. September 11, 2001 and the American Death System. 2. As We Think About Death. Not Thinking about Death: A Failed Experiment. Your Self-Inventory of Attitudes, Beliefs, and Feelings. Some AnswersAnd the Questions They Raise. Humans Are Mortal: But What Does That Have to Do with Me? Anxiety, Denial, and Acceptance: Three Core Concepts. Theories and Studies of Death Anxiety. Accepting and Denying Death. 3. What Is Death? What Does Death Mean? What Does Death Mean? Competing Ideas about the Nature and Meaning of Death. Biomedical Approaches to the Definition of Death. What Does Death Mean? Conditions That Resemble Death. Death as a Person. Conditions That Death Resembles. Death as an Agent of Personal, Political, and Social Change. 4. The Death System. A World without Death. Basic Characteristics of the Death System. How Our Death System Has Been ChangingAnd the "Deathniks" Who Are Making a Difference. Causes of Death: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Basic Terms and Concepts. 5. Dying.Transition from life. Transition From Life. What Is Dying and When Does It Begin? Trajectories of Dying: From Beginning to End. Healthy People Who Are at Risk: Hemophilia. Guarded Feelings, Subtle Communications. Individuality and Universality in the Experience of Dying. Theoretical Models of the Dying Process. 6. The Hospice Approach to Terminal Care. Hospice: A New Flowering from Ancient Roots. Standards of Care for the Terminally Ill. Establishment of Hospice Programs in the United States. The Hospice in Action. Hospice-Inspired Care for a Variety of People. Does Hospice Care Prevent and Relieve Suffering? Access to Hospice Care and the Decision-Making Process. 7. End-of-Life Issues and Decisions. The Living Will and Its Impact. Right-to-Die Decisions That We Can Make. 8. Suicide. The Statistical Profile. Three Problem Areas. Some Cultural Meanings of Suicide. A Powerful Sociological Theory of Suicide. Some Individual Meanings of Suicide. Facts, Myths, and Guidelines. Suicide Prevention. 9. Violent Death; Murder, Terrorism, Disaster, and Accident. Murder. Terrorism. Accident and Disaster. 10. Euthanasia, Assisted Death, Abortion, and the Right to Die. "I Swear by Apollo the Physician": What Happened to the Hippocratic Oath? Key Terms and Concepts. Our Changing Attitudes Toward a Right to Die. The Right-to-Die Dilemma: Case Examples. Dr. Kevorkian and the Assisted Suicide Movement. 11. Death in the World of Childhood. Adult Assumptions about Children and Death. Concepts of Death: Developing through Experience. How Do Children Cope with Bereavement? Helping Children Cope with Bereavement.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Death, Grief, Bereavement, Sociology / General
Lccn
2006-041650
Dewey Decimal
306.9
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science

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