Readings in Thanatology: (Death, Value and Meaning Series)

A comprehensive book of readings for courses on death and dying at the college or university level. It contains material by such leaders in the field as: Colin Murray Parkes, MD, John Hinton, MD, Kenneth Doka, PhD, Ira R Byock, MD, Ronald K Barrett, PhD, Robert G Stevenson, EdD, Judith M Stillion, PhD.

Table of Contents:
Death Education in the Context of General Education John D. Morgan Part I: Introduction: North American Death Attitudes Living Our Dying and Our Grieving: Historical and Cultural Attitudes John D. Morgan Prologue to a Study of Death in Film John Orange An Approach to Death in Adult and Children's Literature Gary H. Paterson Some Notes in Aid of Thinking about Music and Death Rev. Ronald Trojcak Pattern of Bereavement in Indian and English Society Pittu Laungani The Economics of Death Lawrence Fric Economics and Death: Private Good/Public Good P. Albert Koop Death Walks the Wards: Dying in the Hospital Joseph W. Lella Get it Under Cover: AIDS, Death, and Censorship James Miller Part II: Introduction: The Care of the Terminally Ill Structure and Stresses: When a Family Member is Dying Michael A. Bull Caring for the Dying Ira R. Byock Nursing Care of the Dying Reena McDermott The Role of Social Work in Palliative Care Andrew M. Feron Home Care John Hinton Part III: Introduction: Bereavement Bereavement: What Most People Should Know C. Murray Parkes Funerals and Funeral Directors: Rituals and Resources for Grief Management Richard J. Paul Disenfranchised Grief: An Exposition and Update Kenneth J. Doka Using Counseling Techniques to Help Bereaved and Dying People Rose Marie Jaco Complicated Bereavement Jo Ann Silcox Working with Widows in Groups Peggy M. L. Anderson Men and Grief Tom Golden Middle-Aged Children's Bereavement After the Death of an Elderly Person Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss Part IV: Introduction: Children and Death The Pattern of Grief in Children and Adolescents Eleanor J. Deveau Adolescent Grief Barbara L. Anschuetz Bereaved Black Children Ronald K. Barrett Part V: Introduction: Questions of Values Autonomy and the Person in the Dying Patient Jim Kow Assisting Suicide: An Analysis of the Legal (i.e., Moral) Arguments in Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Sue Rodriguez Case Gilbert E. Brodie Immortality John D. Morgan Resurrection Rev. Ronald Trojcak The Problem of Death and Dying in Major Eastern Traditions Jaroslav Havelka Part VI: Introduction: Suicide Suicide Theories Bruce Connell Suicide Intervention Ralph L. V. Rickgarn "All the King's Horses and All The King's Men . . ." Picking Up the Pieces in the Aftermath of Youth Suicide Robert G. Stevenson Suicide among the Elderly: Understanding with Mind and Heart Judith M. Stillion Contributors