Physical Description
x, 305 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Dying and Historical Context
2. The Modern Organization of Death
3. The Dying Patient: A Creation of the Modern Organization of Death
4. Funerals as Social Facts
5. Grief and Individualism: The Decline of Ritual and the Emergence of the Therapeutic Model
6. On Dying, Death, and Children
7. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part One: Violent Deaths of Suicide
8. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part Two: The Holocaust and the Technology of Genocide
9. Easing Death's Sting: A Conclusion.
ISBN
0195042956
9780195042955 (clothbound : acid-free paper)
0195042964 (paperbound : acid-free paper)
9780195042962 (paperbound : acid-free paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-295) and index.
1. Dying and Historical Context -- 2. The Modern Organization of Death -- 3. The Dying Patient: A Creation of the Modern Organization of Death -- 4. Funerals as Social Facts -- 5. Grief and Individualism: The Decline of Ritual and the Emergence of the Therapeutic Model -- 6. On Dying, Death, and Children -- 7. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part One: Violent Deaths of Suicide -- 8. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part Two: The Holocaust and the Technology of Genocide -- 9. Easing Death's Sting: A Conclusion.
