1st Edition

Readings in Thanatology

By John D. Morgan Copyright 1997

    A comprehensive book of readings for courses on death and dying at the college or university level. It contains material by such leaders in the field as: Colin Murray Parkes, MD, John Hinton, MD, Kenneth Doka, PhD, Ira R Byock, MD, Ronald K Barrett, PhD, Robert G Stevenson, EdD, Judith M Stillion, PhD.

    Death Education in the Context of General Education John D. Morgan

    Part I: Introduction: North American Death Attitudes
     Living Our Dying and Our Grieving: Historical and Cultural Attitudes John D. Morgan
     Prologue to a Study of Death in Film John Orange
     An Approach to Death in Adult and Children's Literature Gary H. Paterson
     Some Notes in Aid of Thinking about Music and Death Rev. Ronald Trojcak
     Pattern of Bereavement in Indian and English Society Pittu Laungani
     The Economics of Death Lawrence Fric
     Economics and Death: Private Good/Public Good  P. Albert Koop
     Death Walks the Wards: Dying in the Hospital Joseph W. Lella
     Get it Under Cover: AIDS, Death, and Censorship James Miller

    Part II: Introduction: The Care of the Terminally Ill
     Structure and Stresses: When a Family Member is Dying Michael A. Bull
     Caring for the Dying Ira R. Byock
     Nursing Care of the Dying Reena McDermott
     The Role of Social Work in Palliative Care Andrew M. Feron
     Home Care John Hinton

    Part III: Introduction: Bereavement
     Bereavement: What Most People Should Know C. Murray Parkes
     Funerals and Funeral Directors: Rituals and Resources for Grief Management Richard J. Paul
     Disenfranchised Grief: An Exposition and Update Kenneth J. Doka
     Using Counseling Techniques to Help Bereaved and Dying People Rose Marie Jaco
     Complicated Bereavement Jo Ann Silcox
     Working with Widows in Groups Peggy M. L. Anderson
     Men and Grief  Tom Golden
     Middle-Aged Children's Bereavement After the Death of an Elderly Person Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss

    Part IV: Introduction: Children and Death
     The Pattern of Grief in Children and Adolescents Eleanor J. Deveau
     Adolescent Grief Barbara L. Anschuetz
     Bereaved Black Children Ronald K. Barrett

    Part V: Introduction: Questions of Values
     Autonomy and the Person in the Dying Patient Jim Kow
     Assisting Suicide: An Analysis of the Legal (i.e., Moral) Arguments in Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Sue Rodriguez Case Gilbert E. Brodie
     Immortality John D. Morgan
     Resurrection Rev. Ronald Trojcak
     The Problem of Death and Dying in Major Eastern Traditions Jaroslav Havelka

    Part VI: Introduction: Suicide
     Suicide Theories Bruce Connell
     Suicide Intervention Ralph L. V. Rickgarn
     "All the King's Horses and All The King's Men . . ." Picking Up the Pieces in the Aftermath of Youth Suicide Robert G. Stevenson
     Suicide among the Elderly: Understanding with Mind and Heart Judith M. Stillion

    Contributors

    Biography

    John D Morgan (Author)