04802nam 2200649Ia 450 991100846550332120250204111652.0978145226515514522651519781849725873184972587X(OCoLC)527355749(MiFhGG)GVRL0QZG(CKB)1000000000524549(MiAaPQ)EBC1995277220815(MiFhGG)9781412914291(OCoLC)893699811(StDuBDS)EDZ0000019044(EXLCZ)99100000000052454920030703d2003 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrHandbook of death & dying /Clifton D. Bryant, editor in chiefThousand Oaks, CA Sage Publicationsc20031 online resource (2 volumes) illustrationsGale eBooks"A Sage reference publication."Two volumes combined as one.9781412914291 1412914299 9780761925149 0761925147 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: A Thanatological Odyssey""; ""Introduction""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""; ""VOLUME ONE: THE PRESENCE OF DEATH""; ""Part I - DEATH IN CULTURAL CONTEXT""; ""CONFRONTING DEATH""; ""Chapter 1 - The Universal Fear of Death and the Cultural Response""; ""Chapter 2 - Historical Changes in the Meaning of Death in the Western Tradition""; ""Chapter 3 - Dealing With Death: Western Philosophical Strategies""; ""Chapter 4 - Death Denial: Hiding and Camouflaging Death""; ""Chapter 5 - Death, Dying, and the Dead in Popular Culture""""Chapter 6 - The Death Awareness Movement: Description, History, and Analysis""""KEEPING THE DEAD ALIVE""; ""Chapter 7 - The Spiritualist Movement: Bringing the Dead Back""; ""Chapter 8 - Reincarnation: The Technology of Death""; ""Chapter 9 - Hosts and Ghosts: The Dead as Visitors in Cross-Cultural Perspective""; ""Chapter 10 - Ghosts: The Dead Among Us""; ""Chapter 11 - The Malevolent ""Undead"": Cross-Cultural Perspectives""; ""TRANSCENDING DEATH: RELIGIOUS AFTER-DEATH BELIEFS""; ""Chapter 12 - Spirituality""; ""Chapter 13 - Religion and the Mediation of Death Fear""""Chapter 14 - Christian Beliefs Concerning Death and Life After Death""""Chapter 15 - Near-Death Experiences as Secular Eschatology""; ""DEATH AND SOCIAL EXCHANGE""; ""Chapter 16 - Life Insurance as Social Exchange Mechanism""; ""Chapter 17 - ""Full Military Honors"": Ceremonial Interment as Sacred Compact""; ""Chapter 18 - Symbolic Immortality and Social Theory: The Relevance of an Underutilized Concept""; ""Part II - DEATH IN SOCIAL CONTEXT: VARIANTS IN MORALITY AND MEANING""; ""THE SOCIAL MODES OF DEATH: THE IMPORT OF CONTEXT AND CIRCUMSTANCE""""Chapter 19 - Historical and Epidemiological Trends in Mortality in the United States""""Chapter 20 - Global Mortality Rates: Variations and Their Consequences for the Experience of Dying""; ""Chapter 21 - To Die, by Mistake: Accidental Deaths""; ""Chapter 22 - Megadeaths: Individual Reactions and Social Responses to Massive Loss of Life""; ""Chapter 23 - On the Role and Meaning of Death in Terrorism""; ""Chapter 24 - Death Attributed to Medical Error""; ""Chapter 25 - Homicidal Death""; ""PRE-PERSONALITY DEATHS""""Chapter 26 - Pre-Personality Pregnancy Losses: Miscarriages, Stillbirths, and Abortions""""Chapter 27 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome""; ""DEATH AS SOCIAL ENTITY: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DEATH""; ""Chapter 28 - The Evolution of the Legal Definition of Death""; ""Chapter 29 - Death Education""; ""DEATH AS INTERMISSION: THE CONTINUATION OF IDENTITY""; ""Chapter 30 - The Postself in Social Context""; ""Part III - DEATH AND SOCIAL CONTROVERSY""; ""SUICIDE""; ""Chapter 31 - Historical Suicide""; ""Chapter 32 - Suicide and Suicide Trends in the United States, 1900-1999""""Chapter 33 - Suicide Survivors: The Aftermath of Suicide and Suicidal Behavior""The 'Handbook of Death and Dying' takes stock of the vast literature in the field of thanatology, arranging & synthesizing what has been an unwieldy body of knowledge into a concise, yet comprehensive reference work.DeathSocial aspectsThanatologyDeathSocial aspects.Thanatology.306.9Bryant Clifton D.1932-1826201MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911008465503321Handbook of death & dying4394156UNINA