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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Kastenbaum , Christopher M. MoremanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: 13th edition Weight: 1.170kg ISBN: 9781032021515ISBN 10: 1032021519 Pages: 622 Publication Date: 28 March 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents1. As We Think About Death 2. What is Death? What Does Death Mean? 3. Denial or Adaptation: The Death System 4. Dying: Transition from Life 5. Hospice and Palliative Care 6. End-of-Life Issues and Decisions 7. Suicide 8. Violent Death: Murder, Terrorism, Genocide, Disaster, and Accident 9. Euthanasia, Assisted Death, Abortion, and the Right to Die 10. Death in the World of Childhood 11. Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning 12. The Funeral Process 13. Do We Survive Death? 14. How Can We Help? Caregiving and Death Education 15.Good Life, Good Death? Trying to Make Sense of It AllReviews"""Christopher Moreman's updated edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience is crucial for comprehending the complexities of death, dying, and grief, with updates reflecting the COVID-19 pandemic experience. The global pandemic has forced most of us to confront the reality of death, the process of dying, and the profound impact of grief in ways we never could have anticipated. Death, Society, and Human Experience masterfully guides readers through these deeply emotional and intellectually challenging territories, shedding light on the most pressing questions of our era. It provides personal reflection opportunities, steering us through sensitive topics. I wholeheartedly endorse this vital text."" Andrea Fitzroy, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor of Health Equity, Center for the Study of Human Health , Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University ""To learn about death is to learn about oneself. Updated since the pandemic, the 13th edition is academically informative and personally engaging. It provides a magisterial account of death-related controversies, global case studies, social issues, and existential questions about dying."" Sarah K. Pinnock, Jennie Farris Railey King Professor of Religion, Trinity University, San Antonio TX" Author InformationRobert Kastenbaum (1932–2013) was Professor of Communications at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. His other books include The Psychology of Death (1972, 1990, 2000), Dorian, Graying: Is Youth the Only Thing Worth Having? (1995), and On Our Way: The Final Passage through Life and Death (2004). Christopher M. Moreman is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University East Bay, Hayward, California. He has written and edited influential books on topics related to death and dying. He is the editor of The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying (2017), the author of Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions (2017), Dharma of the Dead: Zombies, Mortality, and Buddhist Philosophy (2018), and the editor of the three-volume series titled The Spiritualist Movement (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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