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Death and Bereavement Across Cultures [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Parkes Colin Murray Visualizza persona
Titolo: Death and Bereavement Across Cultures [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina: 306.9
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Soggetto topico: Bereavement
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Death
Death - Psychological aspects
Mourning customs
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: LaunganiPittu  
YoungWilliam  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: 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 perspective
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Sommario/riassunto: All 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
Titolo autorizzato: Death and Bereavement Across Cultures  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-04914-6
0-203-43519-2
1-134-78978-5
9786610049141
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450320703321
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