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1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; Contents; PRE-TEST; Pre-Test Encountering Death Scale; 1 ENCOUNTERING DEATH IN THE SELF; 1 Self; Activity 1.1 Expectations; Activity 1.2 Personal Definitions; Activity 1.3 Facing Death; Activity 1.4 Fears of Death; Activity 1.5 Self-Disclosure; Activity 1.6 Attitude Inventory; Activity 1.7 Impact of Death; Activity 1.8 Death Preferences; Activity 1.9 The Life Clock; Activity 1.10 Risk-Taking Behaviors; Activity 1.11 Plan Your Own Funeral; 2 ENCOUNTERING DEATH IN THE FAMILY; 2. Family; Activity 2.1 Parental Loss |
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Activity 2.2 Your HometownActivity 2.3 The Shock Waves of Death; Activity 2.4 Passing on Death Attitudes; Activity 2.5 Childhood Understandings; Activity 2.6 Childhood Friends Who Died; Activity 2.7 Childhood Games, Songs, and Rhymes; Activity 2.8 Brothers and Sisters; Activity 2.9 Pets: Are You Prepared?; 3 ENCOUNTERING DEATH IN THE CULTURE; 3. Culture; Activity 3.1 Poetry; Activity 3.2 Theme Poetry; Activity 3.3 Phases of Death; Activity 3.4 Anecdotes; Activity 3.5 The Good News Newspaper; Activity 3.6 Movies; Activity 3.7 Euphemisms; Activity 3.8 Symbols of Death |
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Activity 3.9 Personal SymbolsActivity 3.10 Historical Events; Activity 3.11 Lyrics; Activity 3.12 Holidays; Activity 3.13 Significant Personal Days; Activity 3.14 Christmas; Activity 3.15 Acknowledging Grief; Activity 3.16 Draw Death; 4 ENCOUNTERING DEATH IN INSTITUTIONS; 4. Institutions; Activity 4.1 How We Feel About Institutions; Activity 4.2 Economics; Activity 4.3 Care for the Dying; Activity 4.4 Church; Activity 4.5 Notification of Death; 5 ENCOUNTERING UNEXPECTED DEATHS; 5. Unexpected Death; Activity 5.1 How Disasters Affect Us; Activity 5.2 Murder and Grief |
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Activity 5.3 Surviving DisasterActivity 5.4 Accidental Deaths; Activity 5.5 Post-traumatic Reactions; Activity 5.6 Cause of Death; 6 ENCOUNTERING SUICIDE; 6. Suicide; Activity 6.1 Assessing Our Own Attitudes; Activity 6.2 How Close is Suicide; Activity 6.3 Suicide Information Test; Activity 6.4 Suicide Statistics; Activity 6.5 Types of Suicide; Activity 6.6 Suicide Fables; Activity 6.7 Suicide Risk Test; Activity 6.8 Suicide Intervention; Activity 6.9 Role-play: Assessing Suicidal Risk; 7 ENCOUNTERING AIDS; 7. AIDS; Activity 7.1 AIDS Inventory; Activity 7.2 High Risk AIDS Inventory |
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Activity 7.3 Avoiding AIDSActivity 7.4 Who Gets AIDS?; Activity 7.5 Common Questions About AIDS; Activity 7.6 What is AIDS?; Activity 7.7 Women and AIDS; 8 ENCOUNTERING DEATH IN OUR VALUES; 8. Values; Activity 8.1 Values Coat of Arms; Activity 8.2 Values Encouter; Activity 8.3 Values Statement; Activity 8.4 Values Questionnaire; Activity 8.5 Ethical Dilemmas; Activity 8.6 Moral Dilemma; Activity 8.7 Near Death Experience (NDE); Activity 8.8 Afterlife; 9 ENCOUNTERING DEATH AS OUR HELPER; 9 Helping; Activity 9.1 Stages of Dying; Activity 9.2 The Tasks of Mourning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 19, 2016) |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects -- United States
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Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Death -- Psychological aspects
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Death -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zawistoski, Richard F., 1947- author.
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Smart, David W., 1939- author.
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| ISBN |
9781317757078 |
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1317757076 |
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9781315798615 |
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1315798611 |
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9781317757061 |
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1317757068 |
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9781317757054 |
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131775705X |
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9781138415140 |
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1138415146 |
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1559590211 |
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9781559590211 |
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