02993nam 2200613Ia 450 991080867340332120200520144314.01-280-04914-60-203-43519-21-134-78978-59786610049141(CKB)1000000000249060(EBL)168535(OCoLC)53706061(MiAaPQ)EBC168535(EXLCZ)99100000000024906019960314d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeath and bereavement across cultures /edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani, and Bill Young1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19971 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-203-28789-4 0-415-13136-7 Includes bibliography and index.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 bereavDeathPsychological aspectsBereavementPsychological aspectsDeathCross-cultural studiesBereavementCross-cultural studiesMourning customsDeathPsychological aspects.BereavementPsychological aspects.DeathBereavementMourning customs.306.9Parkes Colin Murray162914Laungani Pittu786611Young Bill1959-1757879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808673403321Death and bereavement across cultures4195875UNINA