Death and Dying, Life and Living

Charles Corr, Donna Corr, Kenneth Doka, , Charles Corr, Donna Corr, Kenneth Doka

• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781337563895
• eBook ISBN:
  9781337670579
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Preface
• Prologue
• Part 1: Learning about Death, Dying, and Bereavement
• Part 2: Death
• Part 3: Dying
• Part 4: Bereavement
• Part 5: Developmental Perspectives
• Part 6: Legal, Conceptual, and Moral Issues
• Part 7: An Example of a Specific Disease Context
• Epilogue
• Appendix A: Selected Literature for Children: Annotated Descriptions
• Appendix B: Selected Literature for Adolescents: Annotated Descriptions
• Appendix C: Activity Books and Memory Books for Young Readers
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index