Death and bereavement across cultures / edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani, and Bill Young.
Contributor(s): Parkes, Colin Murray
| Laungani, Pittu | Young, Bill
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997Description: vi, 261 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415131375 (pbk.); 0415131367Subject(s): Death -- Psychological aspects | Bereavement -- Psychological aspects | Death -- Cross-cultural studies | Bereavement -- Cross-cultural studies | Mourning customsDDC classification: 306.9 LOC classification: BF789.D4 | D343 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-251) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-251) and index.
Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- Grief in small-scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt -- Death in a Hindu family / Pittu Laungani -- A death on the roof of the world : the perspective of Tibetan Buddhism / Uwe P. Gielen -- Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine -- Christianity / Harold Ter Blanche and Colin Murray Parkes -- The many facets of Islam : death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention / Gerdien Jonker -- Secularization / Tony Walter -- Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures / Bill Young and Danai Papadatou -- Help for the dying and bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes -- Conclusions I : implications for practice and policy / Pittu Laungani -- Conclusions II : attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes.