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Death in the midst of life : social and cultural influences on death, grief, and mourning
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- Creator
- Jack B. Kamerman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1988]
- ©1988
- Physical Details
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- xv, 160 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780131977082, 0131977083
- OCLC
- ocm15195364
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 142-152.
- Introduction : death in the context of American life -- The social construction of death -- Death and social values -- Hospitals, hospices, and "homes" : institutional settings for dying as a role career -- The health-care professions and the management of death and dying -- Grief and bereavement in their social and cultural context -- Mourning, public and private -- Suicide -- Near-death experiences -- The death of pets -- Children and death -- Postscript : death in the midst of life