University of Cebu-Banilad Library

Rev. ed. of: Death and dying / compiled by Robert Kastenbaum, Bert Hayslip, Jr. 1991.

Contents: Introduction -- Part I Dimensions of death -- 1 Robert Kastenbaum,The personification of death -- 2 Avery D. Weisman,A befitting and appropriate death -- 3 Geoffry Gorer,The pornography of death -- 4 Micheal C. Kearl,Death in popular culture -- 5 Ernest Becker,The terror of death -- Part II Historical and cross-cultural perspective -- 6 Philippe Aries,Western attitude towards death -- 7 Yves Renouard,The black death as a major event in world history -- 8 Paul Farmer and Arthur Kleinman,AIDS as human suffering -- 9 Malcolm Gladwell,Strategies for bringing the aids epidemic under control -- 10 Peter Metcalf,Death be not strange -- 11 Judith Strupp Green,Days of the dead in Oaxaca,Mexico: An historical inquiry -- Part III Dying in various settings -- 12 Gerald H. Friedland,Clinical care in the aids epidemic -- 13 Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss,The ritual drama of mutual pretense -- 14 David Sudnow,Death, uses of a corpse, and social worth -- 15 Jaber F. Gubruim,Dying at murray manor -- 16 Marian Gentile and Maryanne Fello,Hospice care for the 1990s: A concept coming of age -- Part IV Funerals -- 17 Jessica Mitford,The american way of death -- 18 Vanderlyn R. Pine,Public behavior in the funeral home -- Part V Grief and bereavement -- 19 Erich Lindemann,Symptomatology and management of acute grief -- 20 C.S. Lewis,A grief observed -- 21 Terese Rando,Unresolved grief -- 22 Kenneth J.Doka,Disenfranchised grief -- Part VI Children and death -- 23 Maria Nagy, The child's theories concerning death -- 24 Myra Bluebond-Langner,Worlds of dying children and their well siblings -- 25 Robert S. Pynoos,Children traumatized by witnessing acts of personal violence: Homicide, rape, or social behavior -- 26 Beverley Raphael,The death of a child -- Part VII Euthanasia and medical ethics -- 27 Dan Brock,Voluntary active euthanasia -- 28 Daniel Callahan,When self-determination runs amok -- 29 Robert Jay Lifton,The nazi "euthanasia" program -- 30 Willard Gaylin,Harvesting the dead -- Part VIII Suicide -- 31 Emile Durkheim,Egoistic suicide -- 32 John L. McIntosh,Epidemiology of suicide -- 33 Judith M. Stillion and Eugene E. McDowell,Examining suicide from a life span perspective -- 34 Edwin Shneidman,Suicide as psychacha -- Part IX Violent death, disasters, and megadeath -- 35 Gordon Witkin,Kids who kill -- 36 Jacob Weisberg,This is your death -- 37 Hans zeisel and Ale c Gallup,Death penalty sentiment in the united states -- 38 Kai Erickson,Loss of communality at buffalo creek -- 39 Elie Wiesel,Night -- 40 R.J. Rummel,Megamurders -- Part X Beyond death -- 41 Robert Kastenbaum,Near-death experiences: New evidence for survival? -- 42 Bertrand Russel,Do we survive death? -- 43 Edwin Shneidman,The postself -- Annotated bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index

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