Death, Society and Human Experience (1-download)
Title | Death, Society and Human Experience (1-download) PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kastenbaum |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 529 |
Release | 2015-07-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317348958 |
Providing an understanding of the relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society. This book is intended to contribute to your understanding of your relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society. Kastenbaum shows how individual and societal attitudes influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. Robert Kastenbaum is a renowned scholar who developed one of the world's first death education courses and introduced the first text for this market. This landmark text draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage of understanding death and the dying process. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: -Understand the relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society -See how social forces and events affect the length of our lives, how we grieve, and how we die -Learn how dying people are perceived and treated in our society and what can be done to provide the best possible care -Master an understanding of continuing developments and challenges to hospice (palliative care). -Understand what is becoming of faith and doubt about an afterlife
Death, Society and Human Experience (1-download)
Title | Death, Society and Human Experience (1-download) PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kastenbaum |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 946 |
Release | 2015-07-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 131734894X |
Providing an understanding of the relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society. This book is intended to contribute to your understanding of your relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society. Kastenbaum shows how individual and societal attitudes influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. Robert Kastenbaum is a renowned scholar who developed one of the world's first death education courses and introduced the first text for this market. This landmark text draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage of understanding death and the dying process. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: -Understand the relationship with death, both as an individual and as a member of society -See how social forces and events affect the length of our lives, how we grieve, and how we die -Learn how dying people are perceived and treated in our society and what can be done to provide the best possible care -Master an understanding of continuing developments and challenges to hospice (palliative care). -Understand what is becoming of faith and doubt about an afterlife
Death, Society, and Human Experience
Title | Death, Society, and Human Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kastenbaum |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1041 |
Release | 2018-03-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351866907 |
Providing an overview of the myriad ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as an individual and as a member of society, this book will help readers understand our relationship with death. Kastenbaum and Moreman show how various ways that individual and societal attitudes influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. This landmark text draws on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, such as history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage of understanding death and the dying process. Death, Society, and Human Experience was originally written by Robert Kastenbaum, a renowned scholar who developed one of the world’s first death education courses. Christopher Moreman, who has worked in the field of death studies for almost two decades specializing in afterlife beliefs and experiences, has updated this edition.
Death Society Human Experience
Title | Death Society Human Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Kastenbaum |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2000-12-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780205312849 |
Death, Society, & Human Experience
Title | Death, Society, & Human Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kastenbaum |
Publisher | Saint Louis : Mosby |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN |
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Title | Death PDF eBook |
Author | Fran Osseo-Asare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 115 |
Release | 1999-06 |
Genre | Bereavement |
ISBN | 9780205295913 |
Death, Society and the Human Experience
Title | Death, Society and the Human Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kastenbaum |
Publisher | Merrill Publishing Company |
Pages | |
Release | 1981-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780675206013 |