02747nam 22005653u 450 991078362250332120230421043239.01-280-04914-60-203-43519-21-134-78978-59786610049141(CKB)1000000000249060(EBL)168535(OCoLC)53706061(MiAaPQ)EBC168535(EXLCZ)99100000000024906020131216d1996|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Death and Bereavement Across Cultures[electronic resource]Hoboken Taylor and Francis19961 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-203-28789-4 0-415-13136-7 Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Culture and religion; Grief in small-scale societies; Death in a Hindu family; A death on the roof of the world: The perspective of Tibetan Buddhism; Jewish views and customs on death; Christianity; The many facets of Islam: Death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention; Secularization; Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures; Help for the dying and bereaved; Conclusions I: Implications for practice and policy; Conclusions II: Attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspectiveBibliographyIndexAll societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and though science has had a major impact on views of death, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many who come into contact with the dying and the bereaved from other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support.Death and Bereavement Across Cultures, provides a handbook with which to meet the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and others involved in the care of the dying and bereavBereavementCross-Cultural ComparisonDeathDeath - Psychological aspectsMourning customsBereavement.Cross-Cultural Comparison.Death.Death - Psychological aspects.Mourning customs.306.9393.9Parkes Colin Murray162914Laungani Pittu786611Young William822576AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910783622503321Death and Bereavement Across Cultures3674674UNINA