Death and bereavement across cultures - Parkes, Colin Murray; Laungani, Pittu; Young, Bill, 1959- (London ; New York : Routledge, 1997)
1. Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- 2. Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- 3. Grief in small-scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt --4. Death in a Hindu family / Pittu Laungani -- 5. A death on the roof of the world: The perspective of Tibetan Buddhism / Uwe P. Gielen -- 6. Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine -- 7. Christianity / Harold Ter Blanche and Colin Murray Parkes -- 8. The many facets of Islam: Death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention /Gerdien Jonker -- 9. Secularization / Tony Walter --10. Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures /Bill Young and Danai Papadatou -- 11. Help for the dying and bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes -- 12. Conclusions I: Implications for practice and policy /Pittu Laungani -- 13. Conclusions II: Attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [244]-251.
Keywords: Death -- Psychological aspects; Bereavement -- Psychological aspects; Death -- Cross-cultural studies; Bereavement -- Cross-cultural studies; Mourning customs; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Death; Bereavement