Death and Dying in America

《Death and Dying in America》是2009年由Polity出版社出版的圖書。

基本介紹

• 中文名：Death and Dying in America
• 裝幀：Paperback
• 定價：USD 24.95
• 作者：Andrea Fontana,Jennifer Reid Keene
• 出版社：Polity
• 出版日期：2009年9月8日
• ISBN：9780745639154

媒體推薦

'An interesting book and one which makes a useful addition to the growing body of sociological studies on death and dying.'

Sociology

'The chapters on life after death, religion and extrasensory experiences are particularly interesting and thought-provoking ... It is thought-provoking and unusual in its sociology perspective of the American experience of death and dying.'

European Journal of Palliative Care

'An interesting book and one which makes a useful addition to the growing body of sociological studies on death and dying.' Sociology 'The chapters on life after death, religion and extrasensory experiences are particularly interesting and thought-provoking ... It is thought-provoking and unusual in its sociology perspective of the American experience of death and dying.' European Journal of Palliative Care

作者簡介

Andrea Fontana, Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Jennifer Reid Keene, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

目錄

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Death and Culture

1. An American View of Death

2. Changing Demographic and Cultural Aspects of Death

Part 2 Death and Its Aftermath

3. Where Dying Takes Place

4. Dying

5. Funeral Rituals

Part 3 Individual and Collective Death

6. Children and Death

7. Death and Destruction

Part 4 Coping with Death

8. Giving Bad News

9. The Grieving Process

10. Life After Death

Conclusion

References