Death, dying, and bereavement in a changing world:

In this introductory text on thanatology, Alan Kemp continues to take on the central question of mortality: the centrality of death coupled with the denial of death in the human experience. Drawing from the work of Ernest Becker, Death, Dying, and Bereavement in a Changing World provides a multidisc...

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Main Author: Kemp, Alan R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2019
Edition:Second editon
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:In this introductory text on thanatology, Alan Kemp continues to take on the central question of mortality: the centrality of death coupled with the denial of death in the human experience. Drawing from the work of Ernest Becker, Death, Dying, and Bereavement in a Changing World provides a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of death, putting extra emphasis on the how death takes place in a rapidly changing world. This new, second edition includes the most up-to-date research, data, and figures related to death and dying. New research on the alternative death movement, natural disaster-related deaths, and cannabis as a form of treatment for life-threatening illnesses, and updated research on physician-assisted suicide, as well as on grief as it relates to the DSM-5 have been added
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 05, 2018)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 473 pages)
ISBN:9780203732465
0203732464
9781351401692
1351401696
9781351401685
1351401688

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