ABSTRACT
This text is not just another reader on death, but rather a carefully developed book, created specifically for those persons whose major interests are either death education, death counseling, or, of course, both. The audience which this book addresses include: persons who have had either experience in death counseling or education or previous academic work; those who are contemplating professional work in the field or who are already in the process of developing this area as one of their fields of competence; and individuals who are already either counselors or educators or otherwise involved in the fields of mental health or education and who wish to learn more about the relationship of death and grief to their work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|1 pages
Death, Dying, and Grief: The Basic Issues
chapter Chapter 3|10 pages
The Human Experience of Death or, What Can We Learn from Near-Death Experiences?
chapter Chapter 8|10 pages
Weathering Widowhood: Problems and Adjustment of the Widowed during the First Year
part 2|2 pages
Institutional Care
chapter Chapter 9|13 pages
A Group Awaiting Death: The Social System’s Perspective on a Naturally Occurring Group Situation
part 3|2 pages
Death and Grief in a Cross-Cultural Context
chapter Chapter 15|16 pages
The Impact of Urbanism on Death and Dying among Black People in a Rural Community in Middle Tennessee
part 4|32 pages
Counseling and Psychotherapy
chapter Chapter 17|8 pages
Clinical Thanatology and Psychotherapy: Some Reflections on Caring for the Dying Person
part 5|2 pages
Death Education