Practical and inspiring, this book helps you learn how to navigate encounters with death, dying, and bereavement. The authors emphasize ways that individuals and families can cope with life-threatening illness, grief, funerals, and other death-related topics -- including how to communicate constructively in the face of death. You'll learn about aided death -- a topic on many people's minds these days -- as well as about Alzheimer's disease and other life-altering conditions and prominent causes of death. You'll read personal stories and get insight into cultural and religious perspectives that affect people's encounters, attitudes, and practices in death-related matters. And you'll discover that you can gain important lessons about life and living from the study of death, dying, and bereavement.
| ISBN: | 9781337563895 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2018 |
| Author: | Charles (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville) Corr, Donna (Saint Louis Community College at Forest Park) Corr, Ken Doka |
| Publisher: | Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc an imprint of Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 768 pages |
| Genres: |
Sociology: death and dying |