| Description |
xxii, 175 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
A Spectrum book |
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Human development books |
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Human development books
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Spectrum book.
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| Contents |
Preface: A journey into the realm of death and growth -- Introduction -- Why is it so hard to die? -- The organizational context of dying / Hans O. Mauksch -- Death in the first person / Anonymous -- Death through some other windows -- Dying among Alaskan Indians : a matter of choice / Murray L. Trelease -- The Jewish view of death : guidelines for dying / Zachary I. Heller -- The Jewish view of death : guidelines for mourning / Audrey Gordon -- The death that ends death in Hinduism and Buddhism / J. Bruce Long -- Dying is easy, but living is hard -- Living until death : a program of service and research for the terminally ill / Raymond G. Carey -- Funerals : a time for grief and growth / Roy Nichols and Jane Nichols -- A mother mourns and grows / Edith Mize -- One woman's death--a victory and a triumph / Dorothy Pitkin -- Death and growth : unlikely partners? -- Death as part of my own personal life / Elisabeth Kübler-Ross -- Letter to Elisabeth : dedicated to Carol / Bal Mount -- Louie / Shirley Holzer Jeffrey -- For my wife Wanda : love will never go away / Orville Kelly -- Death : the final stage of growth -- Dying as the last stage of growth / Mwalimu Imara |
| Summary |
A collection of essays giving different perspectives on death and dying, including the views of other cultures on the subject and the thoughts of doctors, nurses, ministers, terminally ill persons and their families |
| Analysis |
Death Psychological aspects |
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Death - Psychological aspects |
| Notes |
Later (c1976) ed. published under title: Images of growth and death |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index |
| Performer |
ISBN 0-13-196998-6 Pbk : 1.80 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Bereavement.
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Counseling.
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Death.
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Death.
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Attitude to Death.
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Death.
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Death -- psychology
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Author |
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, editor
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| LC no. |
75009688 |
| ISBN |
0131969986 (paperback) |
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0131970127 |
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0671622382 |
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0684839415 |
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9780131969988 (paperback) |
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9780131970120 |
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9780671622381 |
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9780684839417 |
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