Death, Society, and Human Experience - Softcover

Kastenbaum, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205264778 ISBN 13: 9780205264773

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1997

Synopsis

New edition of a text which examines our relationship to death by drawing upon scholarship and research as well as on the words of people who have found themselves in the middle of death-related situations. Fifteen chapters discuss subjects including the death system, causes of death, transition from life, hospice care, AIDS, suicide, grief, the funeral process, and violent, assisted, and childhood death. They conclude with a discussion of whether we survive death, and the promise of death education and counseling. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This is the landmark book in death education, providing an interdisciplinary approach to understanding death and the dying process.

Using case examples and exercises, readers can reflect upon their own experiences with death. Draws upon contributions from the humanities as well as the social and behavioral sciences, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts. Shows how individual and societal attitudes subtly influence both how and when we die and how we live with the knowledge of death and loss. Provides a human voice by including stories of real people trying to cope with their own difficult situations.

For anyone interested in the subject of death and dying, bereavement, and mourning.

About the Author:

Robert Kastenbaum is Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University. He is the author of many works, including "The Psychology of Death "(now in its third edition, 2001), "Death, Society, and Human Experience "(now in its eighth edition, 2004), and "Dorian, Graying: Is Youth the Only Thing Worth Having? "(1995).

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0205264778
• ISBN 13: 9780205264773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 441