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Death and bereavement across cultures

Author: Colin Murray Parkes; Pittu Laungani; Bill Young
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Colin Murray Parkes; Pittu Laungani; Bill Young
ISBN: 0415131367 9780415131360 0415131375 9780415131377 9780203435199 0203435192
OCLC Number: 34517303
Description: vi, 261 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young --
Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young --
Grief in small-scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt --
Death in a Hindu family / Pittu Laungani --
A death on the roof of the world : the perspective of Tibetan Buddhism / Uwe P. Gielen --
Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine --
Christianity / Harold Ter Blanche and Colin Murray Parkes --
The many facets of Islam : death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention / Gerdien Jonker --
Secularization / Tony Walter --
Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures / Bill Young and Danai Papadatou --
Help for the dying and bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes --
Conclusions I : implications for practice and policy / Pittu Laungani --
Conclusions II : attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes.
Responsibility: edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani, and Bill Young.
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