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Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement

by: Leming, Michael R.

Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement

by: Leming, Michael R.

ISBN 13:
9780534627362
ISBN 10:
0534627366
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2010
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Using a social-psychological approach, this edition remains solidly grounded in theory and research, but places greater emphasis on the individual and coping with death and dying. These two well-known authors and researchers integrate stimulating personal accounts throughout the text, and apply concepts to specific examples that deal with cross cultural perspectives and the practical matters of death and dying.

About the Authors

iii

Preface

Studying Dying, Death, and Bereavement

(36)

Current Interest in Death and Dying

(10)

Why the Increased Interest?

(6)

Death Education

(3)

Mortality Statistics

(6)

Death Etiology and Life Expectancy

(3)

Gender Differences in Mortality Rates

(3)

Approaches to the Study of Dying and Death

(14)

The Biological Approach

(1)

The Psychological Approach

(1)

The Anthropological Approach

(1)

The Sociological Approach

(11)

Conclusion

(1)

Summary

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Glossary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

The American Experience of Death

(42)

Defining Death

(4)

International Definitions

(1)

American Definitions

(3)

The Meaning of Dying and Death

(8)

The Social Meaning

(5)

The Philosophical Meaning

(1)

The American Experience of Death

(5)

Living Death (1600--1830)

(1)

The Dying of Death (1830--1945)

(2)

The Resurrection of Death (1945 to the Present)

(1)

Contemporary Attitudes toward Death

(14)

Denying Death

(1)

Fearing Death

(12)

Contemplating One's Own Death

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Summary

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Glossary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(3)

Growing Up with Death

(46)

Childhood

(15)

How Do Children Learn about Death?

(6)

Children's Understanding of Death

(5)

Explaining Death and Dying to Children

(4)

Adolescence

(7)

Identity Crisis and Death Anxiety

(1)

The Experience of Death in Violent Neighborhoods

(1)

Media Influences

100

(1)

Learning Adult Rituals

101

(1)

Communicating about Death

102

(1)

Adulthood

103

(17)

Young Adulthood

105

(1)

Middle-Aged Adulthood

106

(6)

Older Adulthood

112

(8)

Conclusion

120

(1)

Summary

121

(1)

Discussion Questions

121

(1)

Glossary

122

(1)

Suggested Readings

123

(2)

Perspectives on Death and Life after Death

125

(30)

The Need To Look beyond Death

126

(2)

Diversity in Perspectives

128

(4)

Cross-Cultural Views

128

(2)

Case Study: The Sacred World of Native Americans

130

(2)

Religious Interpretations of Death

132

(9)

Judaism

132

(2)

Christianity

134

(2)

Islam

136

(1)

Hinduism

137

(1)

Buddhism

138

(3)

Temporal Interpretations of Death

141

(1)

Symbolic Immortality

142

(3)

Near-Death Experiences

145

(5)

Defining a Near-Death Experience

146

(1)

Explaining Near-Death Experiences

147

(3)

Conclusion

150

(1)

Summary

150

(1)

Discussion Questions

151

(1)

Glossary

151

(1)

Suggested Readings

152

(3)

The Dying Process

155

(44)

Death Meanings

157

(15)

Time Meanings: Dealing with Prognosis

157

(4)

Space Meanings: Isolation and Confinement

161

(3)

Norm and Role Meanings: Expected Dying Behavior

164

(1)

Value Meanings: Reassessing the Value of Life and Death

165

(1)

Object and Self Meanings: Accepting the Self as Terminal

166

(4)

Social Situation Meanings: Definition of the Environment

170

(2)

Relating to the Dying Person

172

(11)

Medical Personnel

172

(6)

Family and Friends

178

(5)

Dying with Dignity

183

(4)

The Dying Child

187

(6)

Relating to the Dying Child

188

(2)

Helping the Child Cope with Dying

190

(1)

Parents of the Dying Child

191

(1)

Siblings of the Dying Child

192

(1)

Conclusion

193

(1)

Summary

194

(1)

Discussion Questions

194

(1)

Glossary

195

(1)

Suggested Readings

196

(3)

Living with Dying

199

(42)

Understanding and Coping with the Illness

201

(6)

The Loss of Physical Functions

201

(1)

The Loss of Mental Capacity

202

(1)

Dying of AIDS and Cancer

202

(5)

Treatment Options

207

(11)

Evaluating Treatment Options and Symptoms

207

(2)

Treating Drug Side Effects

209

(2)

Pain and Symptom Management

211

(4)

Organ Transplantations

215

(3)

Palliative Care

218

(2)

The Hospice Movement

220

(14)

The Hospice Team

222

(4)

The Patient-Family as the Unit of Care

226

(2)

The Cost of Hospice Care

228

(1)

Public Attitudes

229

(1)

Evaluation of Hospice Programs

230

(4)

Conclusion

234

(1)

Summary

235

(1)

Discussion Questions

236

(1)

Glossary

236

(1)

Suggested Readings

237

(4)

Dying in the American Health-Care System

241

(28)

The Medical Model Approach to Dying

242

(11)

Dying as Deviance in the Medical Setting

243

(2)

Normalization of Dying in the Medical Setting

245

(1)

Dying in a Technological Society

246

(2)

The Environment of the Dying Person

248

(5)

Death Education in Medical Schools

253

(5)

Developing a Sensitivity to Social/Psychological Needs

254

(1)

Developing Communication Skills

255

(3)

Public Policy and Health Needs of the Critically Ill

258

(3)

The Cost of Dying

261

(3)

Conclusion

264

(1)

Summary

265

(1)

Discussion Questions

265

(1)

Glossary

266

(1)

Suggested Readings

266

(3)

Biomedical Issues and Euthanasia

269

(40)

Ethical Behavior

271

(3)

What Is Ethical Behavior?

271

(1)

Bioethicists

272

(2)

Use of the Body in Medical Research and Training

274

(2)

Organ Transplantation

276

(3)

Euthanasia

279

(24)

Sanctity-of-Life Versus Quality-of-Life Debate

281

(5)

Passive Euthanasia

286

(5)

Active Euthanasia

291

(12)

Conclusion

303

(1)

Summary

303

(1)

Discussion Questions

304

(1)

Glossary

305

(1)

Suggested Readings

306

(3)

Suicide

309

(32)

Changing Attitudes toward Suicide

310

(3)

The Stigma of Suicide

310

(2)

Defining Suicidal Acts

312

(1)

Social Factors Involved in Suicide

313

(3)

Age, Gender, and Marital Status Factors

314

(1)

Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors

315

(1)

Theoretical Perspectives on Suicide

316

(5)

Sociological Perspectives

317

(4)

Existentialist Perspective

321

(1)

Suicide through the Life Cycle

321

(12)

Childhood Suicide

321

(1)

Adolescent Suicide

322

(7)

Adult Suicide

329

(1)

Elderly Suicide

330

(3)

Rational Suicide

333

(2)

Conclusion

335

(1)

Summary

336

(1)

Discussion Questions

337

(1)

Glossary

337

(1)

Suggested Readings

338

(3)

Diversity in Death Rituals

341

(42)

Understanding Death Rituals

342

(4)

Death Rituals as a Rite of Passage

342

(2)

Structural-Functional Explanations

344

(2)

Mourning Behaviors

346

(6)

Changes in Mourning Behaviors in the United States

349

(3)

Customs at Death

352

(17)

Norms Prior to Death

353

(1)

Preparing the Corpse

353

(8)

Final Disposition

361

(5)

Case Study: Burial and Mortuary Practices of Native Americans Living on the Plains

366

(3)

Death Rituals of Major Religious Groups

369

(9)

Jewish Customs

369

(2)

Christianity

371

(1)

Hinduism

372

(2)

Buddhism

374

(2)

Islam

376

(2)

Conclusion

378

(1)

Summary

378

(1)

Discussion Questions

379

(1)

Glossary

380

(1)

Suggested Readings

380

(3)

The Business of Dying

383

(48)

The Business of Preparing the Dead

383

(9)

The Changing American Funeral

384

(8)

The American Practice of Funeral Service

392

(7)

Education and Licensure

392

(2)

The Role of the Funeral Director

394

(2)

Funeral Expenses

396

(3)

Alternatives to the Funeral

399

(4)

New Trends in Funeral Service

403

(7)

Preneed Funerals: A ``New'' Trend in Planning Funerals

403

(4)

Aftercare: The Future Business Is To Be Found in Today's Customers

407

(2)

Funeral Services on the Internet

409

(1)

The Business of Burying the Dead

410

(6)

The Changing American Cemetery

410

(6)

Cemeteries Today

416

(6)

The Government Cemetery

416

(2)

The Not-For-Profit Cemetery

418

(1)

The For-Profit Cemetery

419

(2)

Graveyard Symbols of Death

421

(1)

Life Insurance

422

(3)

Life Insurance as Protection

424

(1)

Life Insurance as an Investment

425

(1)

Conclusion

425

(1)

Summary

426

(1)

Discussion Questions

427

(1)

Glossary

427

(1)

Suggested Readings

428

(3)

The Legal Aspects of Dying

431

(26)

Establishing the Cause of Death

432

(7)

Death Certificate

433

(1)

Autopsy

434

(4)

Coroners and Medical Examiners

438

(1)

Advance Directives

439

(6)

Living Wills

441

(2)

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

443

(2)

Disposition of Property

445

(7)

Intestate and Inheritance

446

(1)

Wills

446

(4)

Probate

450

(1)

Estate and Inheritance Taxes

450

(2)

Conclusion

452

(1)

Summary

452

(1)

Discussion Questions

453

(1)

Glossary

453

(1)

Suggested Readings

454

(3)

Coping with Loss

457

(38)

The Bereavement Role

457

(3)

The Grieving Process

460

(15)

Normal and Abnormal Grief

462

(1)

Stages of Grief

463

(5)

Disenfranchised Grief

468

(4)

Four Tasks of Mourning

472

(3)

Assisting the Bereaved

475

(3)

Coping with Violent Death

478

(11)

Accidents

479

(2)

Disasters

481

(4)

Murder

485

(2)

War

487

(2)

Conclusion

489

(1)

Summary

489

(1)

Discussion Questions

490

(1)

Glossary

491

(1)

Suggested Readings

491

(4)

Grieving throughout the Life Cycle

495

(30)

Grieving Parents and the Loss of a Child

495

(15)

The Loss of a Fetus or an Infant

496

(10)

The Loss of a Child

506

(3)

The Loss of an Adult Child

509

(1)

Grieving Children and Adolescents

510

(5)

Loss of a Parent

512

(2)

Loss of a Sibling

514

(1)

Loss of a Grandparent

514

(1)

Grieving Adults

515

(3)

Loss of a Spouse

515

(1)

Loss of a Parent

516

(1)

Loss of a Pet

517

(1)

Dying, Death, and Bereavement in the 21st Century: A Challenge

518

(1)

Conclusion

519

(1)

Summary

520

(1)

Discussion Questions

520

(1)

Glossary

521

(1)

Suggested Readings

521

(4)

References

525

(23)

Index

548

(25)

Credits

573

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