Title Dying, assisted death and mourning / edited by Asa Kasher

Published Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) Series At the interface/probing the boundaries. Making sense of dying and death ; v. 58 At the interface/probing the boundaries. Making sense of dying and death ; v. 58. Contents Introduction; Section 1 Dying; Hospice and the Intangible Wonders of Being / Mary Josephine Mahoney -- So That's a Completely Different Story: Competing Narratives in the Lives of Relatives Caring for Dying Patients / Jeremy Weinstein -- Death and the Sense of Self / Chris Onof -- Political Murder on the German Opera Stage Masagniello Furioso, Gnther von Schwarzburg and Rienz / Karl Traugott Goldbach. Section 2 Euthanasia; Nurse Involvement in the Care for Patients Requesting Euthanasia / Nele De Bal, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterle, Chris Gastmans -- Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Questioning the Appropriateness of Human Models for Understanding Bereavement as Applied to the Experience of Companion Animal Loss through Euthanasia / Susan Dawson and Bill Campbell. Section 3 Mourning; The Saying Hallo Metaphor as Alternative Approach to Death-Related Counselling / Werner, Neil -- Remembering the Dead: Roadside Memorials in Ireland / Una MacConville and Regina McQuillan -- Untitled (Queer Mourning and the Art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres) / Emily Boone Hagenmaier Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Questioning the Appropriateness of Human Models for Understanding Bereavement as Applied to the Experience of Companion Animal Loss through EuthanasiaSection 3 Mourning; The Saying Hallo Metaphor as Alternative Approach to Death-Related Counselling; Remembering the Dead: Roadside Memorials in Ireland; "Untitled" (Queer Mourning and the Art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres); Contributors Summary Dying and death are topics of deep humane concern for many people in a variety of circumstances and contexts. However, they are not discussed to any great extent or with sufficient focus in order to gain knowledge and understanding of their major features and aspects. The present volume is an attempt to bridge the undesirable gap between what should be known and understood about dying and death and what is easily accessible. Included in the present volume are chapters arranged in three sections. First, there are chapters on aspects of dying, written by people who have professional experience and Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Death. Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects Bereavement. Death Bereavement deaths. mourning. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement. Bereavement Death Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects Form Electronic book Author Kasher, Asa. ISBN 9781441616999 1441616993 9789042028807 9042028807

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