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Death and identity / edited by Robert Fulton and Robert Bendiksen.

Contributor(s): Fulton, Robert, 1926- | Bendiksen, RobertMaterial type: TextTextReference number:ocm28585706Publication details: Philadelphia : Charles Press, 1993. Edition: 3rd edDescription: xix, 459 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0914783637Subject(s): Death -- Psychological aspects | Bereavement -- Psychological aspects | Grief | Bereavement | DeathDDC classification: 155.9/37 LOC classification: BF789.D4 | F8 1993
Contents:
I. Perspectives on Death. 1. Death in Contemporary American Society / Robert Fulton and Greg Owen. 2. Conceptual Approaches to the Study of Death / Kathy Charmaz. 3. Death in the Western World / Talcott Parsons. 4. The Sociology of Death: A Historical Overview, 1875-1985 / Greg Owen, Eric Markusen and Robert Fulton -- II. Grief and the Process of Mourning. 5. The Mourning of Children / John Bowlby. 6. Grief and Mourning / John S. Stephenson. 7. Is Grief Universal? Cultural Variations in the Emotional Reaction to Loss / Wolfgang Stroebe and Margaret Stroebe -- III. Bereavement and the Response to Death. 8. Death at a Distance: A Study of Family Bereavement / Greg Owen, Robert Fulton and Eric Markusen. 9. Religion and Bereavement: A Conceptual Framework / Robert Wuthnow, Kevin Christiano and John Kusloski. 10. Business Temporal Norms and Bereavement Behavior / Lois Pratt. 11. The Funeral in Contemporary Society / Robert Fulton -- IV. Public Policies and Private Decisions. 12. Prolonging Life - Choosing Death: A Clinical Sociological Perspective in Medical-Ethical Decision-Making / Bernard J. Hammes and Robert Bendiksen. 13. Death-Related Issues in Biomedicine: Euthanasia and AIDS / Robert H. Blank. 14. The Hospice in the Context of an Aging Society / Judith A. Levy. 15. AIDS: A Sociological Response / Robert Fulton and Greg Owen. 16. Social Policy Assumptions and Principles on Terminal Care, Spirituality, Bereavement and AIDS / International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Perspectives on Death. 1. Death in Contemporary American Society / Robert Fulton and Greg Owen. 2. Conceptual Approaches to the Study of Death / Kathy Charmaz. 3. Death in the Western World / Talcott Parsons. 4. The Sociology of Death: A Historical Overview, 1875-1985 / Greg Owen, Eric Markusen and Robert Fulton -- II. Grief and the Process of Mourning. 5. The Mourning of Children / John Bowlby. 6. Grief and Mourning / John S. Stephenson. 7. Is Grief Universal? Cultural Variations in the Emotional Reaction to Loss / Wolfgang Stroebe and Margaret Stroebe -- III. Bereavement and the Response to Death. 8. Death at a Distance: A Study of Family Bereavement / Greg Owen, Robert Fulton and Eric Markusen. 9. Religion and Bereavement: A Conceptual Framework / Robert Wuthnow, Kevin Christiano and John Kusloski. 10. Business Temporal Norms and Bereavement Behavior / Lois Pratt. 11. The Funeral in Contemporary Society / Robert Fulton -- IV. Public Policies and Private Decisions. 12. Prolonging Life - Choosing Death: A Clinical Sociological Perspective in Medical-Ethical Decision-Making / Bernard J. Hammes and Robert Bendiksen. 13. Death-Related Issues in Biomedicine: Euthanasia and AIDS / Robert H. Blank. 14. The Hospice in the Context of an Aging Society / Judith A. Levy. 15. AIDS: A Sociological Response / Robert Fulton and Greg Owen. 16. Social Policy Assumptions and Principles on Terminal Care, Spirituality, Bereavement and AIDS / International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement.

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