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Item Information       Summary     More Content     Subjects     Mortality -- Case studies.     Death -- Social aspects -- Case studies.     Death -- Religious aspects -- Case studies.     Terminal care -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog       by title:      Death and dying / Di...         MARC Display

Death and dying / Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor. Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2010. Subjects Mortality -- Case studies.   Death -- Social aspects -- Case studies.   Death -- Religious aspects -- Case studies.   Terminal care -- Case studies. ISBN:  9780737749311 0737749318 9780737749328 (paperback) 0737749326 (paperback) Series:  Global viewpoints. Description:  244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents:  Ch. 1: Causes of death worldwide. -- In Africa, many die from AIDS / Annabel Kanabus, Jenni Fredriksson-Bass, and Graham Pembrey -- Scotland experiences a rise in drug-related deaths / Tanya Thompson -- Russia is facing a death crisis / Nicholas Eberstadt -- In Uganda, ritual killings are on the rise / New Vision -- In Ireland, suicides among youth are increasing / Kevin Malone -- ch. 2: End-of-life care. -- Worldwide, organizations view palliative care as a human right / Frank Brennan -- In Africa, the aged and dying need more palliative care / Richard A. Powell [and others] -- In Latin America, HIV/AIDS patients have minimal access to palliative care / Open Society Institute -- Italy is slow to adopt palliative care / Francesca Crippa Floriani -- In the United States, physician-assisted death is controversial / Nathanael Johnson -- In the United Kingdom, terminally ill patients leave the country in search of life-ending drugs / AP Online -- In the United Kingdom, end-of-life care provides for a home death / Melanie Henwood -- In Germany, television provides information about death and dying / Charles Hawley -- ch. 3: Death, dying, and religion. -- Religion influences attitudes toward death worldwide / Anna Orońska -- In the United States, many religious and cultural traditions influence death rituals / Sandra L. Lobar, JoAnne M. Youngblut, and Dorothy Brooten -- In Thailand, Buddhist beliefs about Karma affect end-of-life care / Kittikorn Nilmanat and Annette F. Street -- In India and around the world, Hindus have rituals for honoring the dead / Lavina Melwani -- In Mexico, a death cult thrives / Bess Twiston Davies -- In the Middle East, suicide bombings have a religious foundation / David Bukay -- ch. 4: Funeral practices throughout the world. -- In the United States, eco-burials are becoming popular / Valerie Streit -- In Uganda, burial societies help grieving families / Ben Jones -- Japanese funerals are based on tradition / Hiroko Nakata -- The United Kingdom must find new ways to dispose of the dead / John Naish. Requests:  0 Summary:  A collection of twenty-three essays that examines viewpoints on death and dying from around the world, discussing causes of death, end-of-life care, religion, and funeral practices.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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