Product Description

This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of meeting the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and others involved in the care of the dying and bereaved.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #383591 in Books
• Published on: 1996-12-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
""Death and Bereavement Across Cultures provides a much needed cross-cultural perspective of issues related to death, dying, and bereavement. This book is an important resource for all those who wish to broaden their perspective of death."
-Cheryl Mallernee McGaffic, "Nursing Leadership Forum
"This handbook provides a resource designed to meet the needs of doctors, nurses and social workers, counselors and others involved in the care of the dying and the bereaved... This book explores rich mourning traditions around the world, with the goal of increasing the understanding which we all bring to the isssue of death."
-Abstracts in Social Gerontology: Current Literature on Aging, December 1997 Vol.40 No.4
"This book would make a unique contribution to either undergraduate or seminary courses in religion, anthropology, sociology, or cross-cultural studies."
-"Critical Review of Books in Religion 1997

From the Back Cover
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.

About the Author
Bill Young is Consultant Child and Adult Psychiatrist at St Christopher's Fellowship, London

Colin Murray Parkes, London Hospital Medical College and St Christopher's Hospice, UK Pittu Laungani, South Bank University, London, UK Bill Young, Howard House Therapy Centre and Tavistock Clinic, London, UK Professor Paul C. Rosenblatt, College of Human Ecology, Minnesota, USA, Professor Uwe Gielen, St. Francis College, New York, USA, Dr. Ellen G. Levine, Medical Centre Research Institute, San Francisco, USA, Rev. Harold Ter Blanche, Grimsby Health Trust, Dr. Gerdien Jonker, Berlin, Dr. Tony Walter, University of Reading, Dr. Danai Papadatou, University of Athens.