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200 10$aDeath and Bereavement Across Cultures$b[electronic resource]
210   $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d1996
215   $a1 online resource (270 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aBook 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 perspective
327   $aBibliographyIndex
330   $aAll 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 bereav
606   $aBereavement
606   $aCross-Cultural Comparison
606   $aDeath
606   $aDeath - Psychological aspects
606   $aMourning customs
608   $aElectronic books.
615  4$aBereavement.
615  4$aCross-Cultural Comparison.
615  4$aDeath.
615  4$aDeath - Psychological aspects.
615  4$aMourning customs.
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700   $aParkes$b Colin Murray$0162914
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