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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827482403321

Titolo

Death and bereavement around the world [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 5 Reflective essays / / edited by John D. Morgan, Pittu Laungani and Stephen Palmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood, c2008

ISBN

0-89503-769-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Death, value, and meaning series

Altri autori (Persone)

MorganJohn D. <1933->

LaunganiPittu

PalmerStephen

Disciplina

306.9

Soggetti

Death - Social aspects

Bereavement - Social aspects

Death - Psychological aspects

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Death

Bereavement

Mourning customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Death and Bereavement Around the World: Volume 5: Reflective Essays""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""General Introduction to Series""; ""Tribute to Professor Jack Morgan""; ""Tribute to Pittu: Reflections on the Last Months of His Life and Achievements""; ""INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 5 ""; ""Part 1""; ""Part 2""; ""CHAPTER 1 End-of-Life Care""; ""CHAPTER 2 Children and Death Around the World""; ""CHAPTER 3 Ritual: Making Special: The Right of Every Griever""; ""CHAPTER 4 Gender Differences in Death Customs Around the World""

""CHAPTER 5 Pittu Laungani in Conversation with John D. Morgan""""CHAPTER 6 Death Systems and Suicide Around the World""; ""CHAPTER 7 AIDS = Death""; ""CHAPTER 8 Grief and Bereavement in the Developing World""; ""CHAPTER 9 Death and Bereavement in Romania""; ""CHAPTER 10 Names and Their Uses""; ""CHAPTER 11 Roadside



Memorials: Beyond Individual Grieving""; ""CHAPTER 12 Spiritual Experiences with Loss: Encouragement or Disaster?""; ""CHAPTER 13 Spirituality, Dying, Death, and Bereavement: Time for a Radically Expanded Definition of Spirituality""; ""CHAPTER 14 Conclusion""

""EPILOGUE Reflection on the Life of John Daniel Morgan: A Journey to Wholeness""""FINAL WORD""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Select Titles from the: Death, Value and Meaning Series""; ""Back Cover""