Handbook of death & dying (Sage Publications, 2003)
"A Sage reference publication.". - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
v. 1. The presence of death -- The universal fear of death and the cultural response / Calvin Conzelus Moore and John B. Williamson -- Historical changes in the meaning of death in the Western tradition / William R. Wood and John B. Williamson -- Dealing with death : Western philosophical strategies / Michael R. Taylor -- Death denial : hiding and camouflaging death / Bert Hayslip, Jr. -- Death, dying, and the dead in popular culture / Keith F. Durkin -- The death awareness movement : description, history, and analysis / Kenneth J. Doka -- The spiritualist movement : bringing the dead back / Charles F. Emmons -- Reincarnation : the technology of death / Jane Dillon -- Hosts and ghosts : the dead as visitors in cross-cultural perspective / Clifton D. Bryant -- Ghosts : the dead among us / Charles F. Emmons -- The malevolent "undead" : cross-cultural perspectives / Keith P. Jacobi -- Spirituality / John D. Morgan -- Religion and the mediation of death fear / Michael R. Leming --
- Christian beliefs concerning death and life after death / Donald E. Gowan -- Near-death experiences as secular eschatology / Tillman Rodabough and Kyle Cole -- Life insurance as social exchange mechanism / Dennis L. Peck -- "Full military honors" : ceremonial interment as sacred compact / Timothy W. Wolfe and Clifton D. Bryant -- Symbolic immortality and social theory : the relevance of an underutilized concept / Lee Garth Vigilant and John B. Williamson -- Historical and epidemiological trends in mortality in the United States / Vicki L. Lamb -- Global mortality rates : variations and their consequences for the experience of dying / Clive Seale -- To die, by mistake : accidental deaths / Lee Garth Vigilant and John B. Williamson -- Megadeaths : individual reactions and social responses to massive loss of life / Jerome Rosenberg and Dennis L. Peck -- On the role and meaning of death in terrorism / Lee Garth Vigilant and John B. Williamson --
- Death attributed to medical error / Jerry T. McKnight and Pat Norton -- Homicidal death / Steven A. Egger and Kim A. Egger -- Pre-personality pregnancy losses : miscarriages, stillbirths, and abortions / Jack P. Carter -- Sudden infant death syndrome / Charles A. Corr and Donna M. Corr -- The evolution of the legal definition of death / Tillman Rodabough -- Death education / Charles A. Corr and Donna M. Corr -- The postself in social context / Jack Kamerman -- Historical suicide / Alan H. Marks -- Suicide and suicide trends in the United States, 1900-1999 / Dennis L. Peck -- Suicide survivors : the aftermath of suicide and suicidal behavior / John L. McIntosh -- Cross-cultural perspectives on suicide / David Lester -- A history of execution methods in the United States / Trina N. Seitz -- Capital punishment in the United States / Stephanie Picolo Manzi -- Military executions / J. Robert Lilly -- The abortion issue in the United States / Michael C. Kearl --