An edition of Handbook of death & dying
(2003)
Handbook of death & dying
by Clifton D. Bryant
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"More than 100 scholars contributed to this carefully researched, well-organized, informative, and multi-disciplinary source on death studies. Volume 1, "The Presence of Death," examines the cultural, historical, and societal frameworks of death, such as the universal fear of death, spirituality and varioius religions, the legal definition of death, suicide, and capital punishment. Volume 2, "The Response to Death," covers such topics as rites and ceremonies, grief and bereavement, and legal matters after death."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
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Social aspects, Thanatology, Death, Doden, Attitude to Death, Thanatologie, Aspect social, Mort, Begrafenissen, Death, Grief, Bereavement, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Socioeconomic Factors, Terminal Care, Sociale aspecten, Tanatologi, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS, Dood, Death & Dying, Sterven, Culturele aspecten, Döden, Death, social aspects| Edition | Availability |
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Table of Contents
v. 1. The presence of death
The universal fear of death and the cultural response / Calvin Conzelus Moore and John B. Williamson
Historical changes in the meaning of death in the Western tradition / William R. Wood and John B. Williamson
Dealing with death : Western philosophical strategies / Michael R. Taylor
Death denial : hiding and camouflaging death / Bert Hayslip, Jr.
Death, dying, and the dead in popular culture / Keith F. Durkin
The death awareness movement : description, history, and analysis / Kenneth J. Doka
The spiritualist movement : bringing the dead back / Charles F. Emmons
Reincarnation : the technology of death / Jane Dillon
Hosts and ghosts : the dead as visitors in cross-cultural perspective / Clifton D. Bryant
Ghosts : the dead among us / Charles F. Emmons
The malevolent "undead" : cross-cultural perspectives / Keith P. Jacobi
Spirituality / John D. Morgan
Religion and the mediation of death fear / Michael R. Leming
Christian beliefs concerning death and life after death / Donald E. Gowan
Near-death experiences as secular eschatology / Tillman Rodabough and Kyle Cole
Life insurance as social exchange mechanism / Dennis L. Peck
"Full military honors" : ceremonial interment as sacred compact / Timothy W. Wolfe and Clifton D. Bryant
Symbolic immortality and social theory : the relevance of an underutilized concept / Lee Garth Vigilant and John B. Williamson
Historical and epidemiological trends in mortality in the United States / Vicki L. Lamb
Global mortality rates : variations and their consequences for the experience of dying / Clive Seale
To die, by mistake : accidental deaths / Lee Garth Vigilant and John B. Williamson
Megadeaths : individual reactions and social responses to massive loss of life / Jerome Rosenberg and Dennis L. Peck
On the role and meaning of death in terrorism / Lee Garth Vigilant and John B. Williamson
Death attributed to medical error / Jerry T. McKnight and Pat Norton
Homicidal death / Steven A. Egger and Kim A. Egger
Pre-personality pregnancy losses : miscarriages, stillbirths, and abortions / Jack P. Carter
Sudden infant death syndrome / Charles A. Corr and Donna M. Corr
The evolution of the legal definition of death / Tillman Rodabough
Death education / Charles A. Corr and Donna M. Corr
The postself in social context / Jack Kamerman
Historical suicide / Alan H. Marks
Suicide and suicide trends in the United States, 1900-1999 / Dennis L. Peck
Suicide survivors : the aftermath of suicide and suicidal behavior / John L. McIntosh
Cross-cultural perspectives on suicide / David Lester
A history of execution methods in the United States / Trina N. Seitz
Capital punishment in the United States / Stephanie Picolo Manzi
Military executions / J. Robert Lilly
The abortion issue in the United States / Michael C. Kearl
Dying of AIDS and social stigmatization / Robin D. Moremen
Medical euthanasia / Gail C. Walker
Physician-assisted death / Monika Ardelt
Death awareness and adjustment across the life span / Bert Hayslip, Jr., and Robert O. Hansson
Dying as deviance : an update on the relationship between terminal patients and medicine / Charles Edgley
The dying process / Graves E. Enck
On coming to terms with death and dying : neglected dimensions of identity work / Kent L. Sandstrom
Death in two settings : the acute care facility and hospice / Sarah Brabant
The history of the hospice approach / Michael R. Leming
Dying in a total institution : the case of death in prison / Francis D. Glamser and Donald A. Cabana / Formal and informal caregiving at the end of life / Pamela J. Kovacs and David P. Fauri
v. 2. The response to death
The death notification process : recommendations for practice, training, and research / Alan E. Stewart and Janice Harris Lord
The autopsy / James Claude Upshaw Downs
A social history of embalming / Melissa Johnson Williams
Fallen soldiers : death and the U.S. military / Morten G. Ender, Paul T. Bartone, and Thomas A. Kolditz
Death-related work systems outside the funeral home / Watson Rogers II and Clifton D. Bryant
The American family and the processing of death prior to the 20th century / Paul David Nygard and Catherine H. Reilly
The evolution of the funeral home and the occupation of funeral director / Jerome J. Salomone
The American funeral / Bert Hayslip, Jr., Kenneth W. Sewell, and Russell B. Riddle
Black funeralization and culturally grounded services / James L. Moore III and Clifton D. Bryant
On the economics of death in the United States / Dwayne A. Banks
The funeral and the funeral industry in the United Kingdom / Brian Parsons
Practices surrounding the death in French-speaking Belgium : rituals in kitlike form / Florence Vandendorpe
The Native American way of death / Gerry R. Cox
The Hindu way of death / Anantanand Rambachan
The Muslim way of death / Dawood H. Sultan
The Japanese way of death / Hikaru Suzuki
The Taoist (Chinese) way of death / Linda Sun Crowder
The Jewish way of death / Ruben Schindler
Obituaries / Joyce E. Williams
Gracing God's acres : some notes on a typology of cemetery visitation in Western cultures / Joseph E. Boyle
Impromptu memorials to the dead / Jon K. Reid
Death and community responses : comfort, community, and culture / William J. Hauser and AnneMarie Scarisbrick-Hauser
Monuments in motion : gravemarkers, cemeteries, and memorials as material form and context / Ann M. Palkovich and Ann Korologos Bazaronne
The history of the American cemetery and some reflections on the meaning of death / Vicky M. MacLean and Joyce E. Williams
Pet burial in the United States / David D. Witt
Cremation / Douglas J. Davies
Body recycling / Kelly A. Joyce and John B. Williamson
The iceman cometh : the cyronics movements and frozen immortality / Clifton D. Bryant and William E. Snizek
Disposing of the dead : minor modes / DeAnn Gauthier, Nancy K. Chaudoir, and Rhonda D. Evans
The social history of the European cemetery / Harold Mytum
Body disposition in cross-cultural context : prehistoric and modern non-Western societies / Keith P. Jacobi
Mummification and mummies in ancient Egypt / Peter Lacovara and John Baines
The evolution of mourning and the bereavement role in the United States : middle- and upper-class European Americans / David E. Balk
Social dimensions of grief / Maria I. Vera
The experience of grief and bereavement / Robert A. Neimeyer and Louis A. Gamino
Bereavement in cross-cultural perspective / Paul C. Rosenblatt
Widowhood and its social implications / Felix M. Berardo
Children and the death of a parent / Eric Lichten
Parents and the death of a child / Sangeeta Singg
Living wills and durable power of attorney for health care / Carolyn Pevey
The death certificate : civil registration, medical certification, and social issues / Dennis L. Peck
Coroner and medical examiner / James Claude Upshaw Downs
The disposition of property : transfers between the dead and the living / Robert K. Miller, Jr., Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld, and Stephen J. McNamee
The last will and testament : a neglected document in sociological research / Clifton D. Bryant and William E. Snizek
The legal regulation of mortuary science education / Todd W. Van Beck
Cemetery regulation in the United States / Robert M. Fells
Death and legal blame : wrongful death / Thomas J. Vesper
Negligent death and manslaughter / Frances P. Bernat
"Thanatological crime" : some conceptual notes on offenses against the dead as a neglected form of deviant behavior / Clifton D. Bryant
Death in art / Charles E. Walton
Cultural concern with death in literature / Diana Royer
"Arise, ye more than dead!" culture, music, and death / Robert Kastenbaum
Dead zoo chic : some conceptual notes on taxidermy in American social life / Clifton D. Bryant and Donald J. Shoemaker
Death in the future : prospects and prognosis / Clifton D. Bryant ... [et al.]
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"A Sage reference publication."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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