Death and Bereavement Across Cultures

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Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani, Bill Young
Psychology Press, 1997 - 261 σελίδες
All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and though science has had a major impact on views of death, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many who come into contact with the dying and the bereaved from other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support.
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures, provides a handbook with which to meet the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and others involved in the care of the dying and bereaved. Written by international authorities in the field, this important text:
* describes the rituals and beliefs of major world religions
* explains their psychological and historical context
* shows how customs change on contact with the West
* considers the implications for the future
This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of increasing the understanding which we all bring to the issue of death.
 

Περιεχόμενα

Culture and religion 101
10
Grief in smallscale societies
27
Death in a Hindu family
52
The perspective
73
Jewish views and customs on death
98
Christianity
131
Death dying and disposal
147
Secularization
166
Childhood death and bereavement across cultures 191 6666
191
Help for the dying and bereaved
206
Implications for practice and policy
218
Attachments and losses
233
Bibliography
244
Index
252
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