Reflective Essays: Death and Bereavement Around the World, Volume 5 - Softcover

Morgan, John; Palmer, Stephen; Laungani, Pittu; Lund, Dale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895032392 ISBN 13: 9780895032393

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This final volume of ""Death and Bereavement Around the World"" reflects on some major themes: death and after-life, religion and spirituality, rites and rituals, secularist approaches, cultural variations, suicide, and other issues. The first few chapters describe progress in end-of-life care, including some new tools to evaluate hospice care (chapter 1); what children know, when they know it, and how parents can respond to questions, with some guidelines for support by schools (chapter 2); the importance of ritual (chapter 3); and, gender differences in death customs around the world (chapter 4).The transcript of a 1997 interview of John (Jack) Morgan by Pittu Laungani is presented as chapter 5. The following chapters discuss death systems and suicide (chapter 6); HIV/AIDS, including the role of cultural and economic factors in the spread of the disease (chapter 7); and grief and bereavement in the developing world, taking the AIDS pandemic as a specific challenge (chapter 8). Chapter 9 covers issues related to dying and death in Romania. In chapter 10 the focus is on the various functions and uses of names in a cross-cultural context. Roadside memorials as a pivotal healing strategy are the topic of chapter 11. Chapters 12 and 13 focus on spiritual experience with loss.The final chapter presents some conclusions, and in the Epilogue, Mary Ann Morgan honors the life, career, dying, death, and achievements of John (Jack) Morgan. The 'Final Word' includes the words of Pittu Laungani, from a book published just weeks before his death in February 2007.This work is for anyone interested in or working in death and bereavement issues, particularly academics, educators, librarians, chaplains, clergy, funeral service directors, hospice care providers and volunteers, palliative care providers, nurses, immigration officers, psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists, and counselors, especially bereavement counselors.

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About the Author

Stephen Palmer, Ph.D., is an Honorary Professor of Psychology and Founder Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit at City University, London, England. He is also Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He has written more than 150 academic papers and book chapters and written or edited more than 35 books on a range of topics, including suicide reduction, stress management coaching, coaching psychology, counseling, and psychotherapy. He is Editor of the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education and U.K. Coordinating Editor of the International Coaching Psychology Review. Dr. Palmer has received awards for his contributions to counseling psychology and psychotherapy.

Review

In this fifth and final volume of the very impressive series Death and Bereavement Around the World, the major themes include spirituality, suicide, death and the after-life, and cultural variations in the role of religious rites and rituals. The authors of each chapter are well-known experts on death and bereavement. --Charles D. Spielberger, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa

This is an outstanding book that deals with difficult emotional issues-death and bereavement. It does so with great sensitivity, insight, and scholarship. A must read for those working in the field. --Professor Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Pro Vice Chancellor (External Relations), Distinguished Professor, Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0895032392
• ISBN 13: 9780895032393
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284