Description
| Product ID: | 9781337563895 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Death and Dying, Life and Living |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Corr, Kenneth Doka, Donna Corr |
| Page Count: | 768 |
| Subjects: | Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: death & dying |
| Description: | 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-01-01 |
