an annotated bibliography of the thanatological literature /
First Statement of Responsibility
John F. Szabo.
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Lanham :
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Scarecrow Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (vi, 375 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Adolescents -- Aging and death -- Attitudes toward death -- Bibliographies -- Childhood bereavement -- Communication about death -- Coping and caregivers -- Cross-cultural views on death and dying -- Death education -- The death of a child -- Dying -- Eschatology -- Ethical issues -- Fear of death -- General works -- Grief and mourning -- Historical views of death and dying -- Hospice -- Immortality -- Legal and financial issues -- Mental health issues -- Miscellaneous -- Near-death experiences -- Nursing -- Palliative care -- Parental loss and grief -- Pastoral care -- Philosophical studies -- Practitioner education -- Rituals -- Sibling loss and grief -- Thanatology -- Widowhood.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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While it can be traced to the 1700s, the term thanatology has gained traction in recent decades to refer to the study of death. Because of the breadth of the published material and the challenges of discovery in large bibliographic databases and catalogs.