edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani, and Bill Young.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (vi, 261 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-251) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- Grief in small-scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt -- Death in a Hindu family / Pittu Laungani -- A death on the roof of the world : the perspective of Tibetan Buddhism / Uwe P. Gielen -- Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine -- Christianity / Harold Ter Blanche and Colin Murray Parkes -- The many facets of Islam : death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention / Gerdien Jonker -- Secularization / Tony Walter -- Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures / Bill Young and Danai Papadatou -- Help for the dying and bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes -- Conclusions I : implications for practice and policy / Pittu Laungani -- Conclusions II : attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. This handbook explains how to offer appropriate and sensitive support to those from other cultures who are dying or bereaved.
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eBook Library
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EBL168535
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Title
Death and bereavement across cultures.
International Standard Book Number
0415131375
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bereavement-- Psychological aspects.
Bereavement, Cross-cultural studies.
Death-- Psychological aspects.
Death, Cross-cultural studies.
Mourning customs.
Bereavement.
Grief.
70.10 multidisciplinary fields of interest in the social sciences.
Aufsatzsammlung
Bereavement-- Psychological aspects.
Bereavement.
Death-- Psychological aspects.
Death.
Dood.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Death, Grief, Bereavement.