Full Description
The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying provides a comprehensive, up to date, and readable introduction to the study of death and dying. It directs attention to the evolving understanding of death and dying in today's culturally diverse environment. In a straightforward, conversational style, with an extensively illustrated format, The Last Dance provides a solid grounding in theory and research as well as in methods for applying what is learned to readers' own circumstances, both personal and professional. No other textbook so successfully combines the research and theories of such diverse disciplines as anthropology, art, ethics, health science, literature, philosophy, psychology, public policy, religion, and sociology. The tenth edition of The Last Dance includes new coverage of key topics yet retains the focus, writing, and pedagogy instructors have come to expect from the best-selling text in death studies.
Contents
PrefacePrologueChapter 1 - Attitudes Toward Death: A Climate of ChangeChapter 2 - Learning About Death:Socialization Chapter 3 - Perspectives on Death: Historical and Cultural Chapter 4 - Death Systems: Mortality and SocietyChapter 5 - Health Care: Patients, Staff, and Institutions Chapter 6 - End-of-Life Issues and Decisions Chapter 7 - Facing Death: Living with Life-Threatening Illness Chapter 8 - Last Rites: Funerals and Body Disposition Chapter 9 - Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss Chapter 10 - Death in the Lives of Children and Adolescents Chapter 11 - Death in the Lives of Adults Chapter 12 - Suicide Chapter 13 - Risks, Perils, and TraumaticDeathChapter 14 - Beyond Death / After Life Chapter 15 - The Path Ahead: Personal and Social ChoicesEpilogueNotesCredits and Sources Name Index Subject Index
