The study of dying from autonomy to transformation /

"What is it really like to die? Though our understanding about the biology of dying is complex and incomplete, greater complexity and diversity can be found in the study of what human beings encounter socially, psychologically and spiritually during the experience. Contributors from disciplines...

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Other Authors: Kellehear, Allan, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description:
xiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Death -- Social aspects.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Table of contents only
Contents:
  • What the social and behavioural studies say about dying / Allan Kellehear
  • The dying animal : a perspective from veterinary medicine / Siri K. Knudsen
  • The dying human : a perspective from biomedicine / Marie-Aurélie Bruno, Didier Ledoux and Steven Laureys
  • The dying human : a perspective from palliative medicine / Michael Ashby
  • The demography of dying / Glennys Howarth
  • Historical approaches to dying / Julie-Marie Strange
  • Dying and philosophy / Geoffrey Scarre
  • The art of dying / Clare Gittings
  • Dying in Western literature / John Skelton
  • Cinematic visions of dying / Fran McInerney
  • Dying in the Judaeo-Christian tradition / Douglas Davies
  • Near-death experiences and deathbed visions / Bruce Greyson.

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