George E. Dickinson, Michael R. Leming

Dying, Death, and Bereavement

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ninth edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: DYING, DEATH, AND BEREAVEMENT provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Annual Editions: Dying, Death,
• Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
• 9th edition
• Seitenzahl: 205
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 275mm x 212mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780073516042
• ISBN-10: 007351604X
• Artikelnr.: 22189300

Inhaltsangabe

UNIT 1. The American Way of Dying and Death
1. Finding Better Ways to Die, Lane Jennings, The Futurist, March/April
2005
This article discusses why we fear death, controversial death-related
issues, growing old, and "little” deaths.
2. Cultural Scripts for a Good Death in Japan and the United States:
Similarities and Differences, Susan Orpett Long, Social Science and
Medicine, vol. 58, March 2004
Different ways to "die well” (cultural scripts) in the United States
and Japan are discussed. Ideas and metaphors are likely based on
multiple scripts or may offer different interpretations for different
social contexts.
Morality, Volume 6, Number 2, July 2001
British political scientist Robert Blank analyzes the policy issues
surrounding the definition of death within the context of
technological and social changes.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 22, 2002
The author examines the issue of brain death and the removal of organs
for transplant purposes from the point of view of various cultures
including Canada, the United States, and Japan.
5. Life and Death: As Inmates Age, a Prison Carpenter Builds More Coffins,
Gary Fields, The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2005
As inmates receive life sentences with no chance for parole, their exit
from prison is through the door of death. This article discusses how
human remains are handled following a death in the Louisiana state
prison in Angola.
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, May/June 2002
Medical schools in the United States and United Kingdom are gradually
integrating end-of-life issues into their curricula. Overall, the
United Kingdom appears to provide more exposure regarding hospice
involvement and palliative care.
UNIT 2. Developmental Aspects of Dying and Death
7. Life Is Like the Seasons: Responding to Change, Loss, and Grief Through
a Peer-based Education Program, Anne Graham, Childhood Education, 2004
The Seasons for Growth education program is presented in this article.
This program aims to promote the social and emotional well-being of
individuals between the ages of 6 and 18 who have experienced major
changes as a result of death, separation, and divorce.
8. Writing Through a Tragedy, Hilary E. Hughes, English Journal, July 2004
A teacher writes about how young students reacted to the death of
their social studies teacher.
9. Richness of Collaboration for Children's Response to Disaster, Sally
Raphel, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, vol. 16,
January-March 2003
This article is a response to various disasters and a discussion of
what we have learned from the past. Also discussed is how these lessons
may benefit us in the future in relating to children following a
trauma in their lives.
Aging Trends No. 1, March 2001
This article discusses the leading causes of death (chronic diseases)
among the elderly toward the end of the twentieth century and observes
trend patterns over the past two decades. Projections are made toward
future breakthroughs in technological advances, public health
initiatives, and social changes that may increase the length of life.
11. Studying the Black Death, Norman F. Cantor, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, April 27, 2001
This article is a historical overview of an infectious disease which
killed millions in Western Europe and England. The author analyzes how
the plague in the 14th century has been viewed over the years and how
it impacted on social change in families and society.
UNIT 3. The Dying Process
12. The Hispanic Way of Dying: Three Families, Three Perspectives, Three
Cultures, Neris Diaz-Cabello, Illness, Crisis and Loss, vol. 12, no. 3,
July 2004
This article discusses the role of the family, the significance of
ritual, the spiritual implications of faith and loss, and the religious
presence during the dying process and thereafter.
Journal of the American Medical Association, November 15, 2000
The authors distinguish between religion and spirituality and discuss
how hospice care considers the spiritual and religious dimensions of
the dying patient.
The New York Times, July 19, 2003
A very small percentage of patients can voice advanced directives.
This makes the physician's role more difficult, especially when the
patient is unable to make decisions regarding end-of-life care.
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, May/June 2004
This article gives information in regards to hospice referrals. In many
cases, medical doctors took the initiative in hospice referrals. Late
referrals were most often due to reluctance by the patient and family
to admit that death is imminent.
16. Spirituality and Religion in the "Art of Dying”, Lois M. Ramondetta and
Deborah Sills, Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 21, no. 23, December 1,
2003
Oncologists deal with patients with tumors, often malignant, and thus
have a high probability of relating to terminally ill patients. This
article points out the role played by spirituality and religion in the
doctor-patient relationship.
17. Palliative Care, R. Sean Morrison and Diane E. Meier, The New England
Journal of Medicine, vol. 350, no. 25, June 17, 2004
These two physicians, leaders in the field of palliative medicine,
present a comprehensive overview of palliative care in the United
States today.
UNIT 4. Euthanasia
The World & I, May 2003
This article discusses the legality of the Oregon Death With Dignity
Act and Attorney General John Ashcroft's challenge to the law in his
attempt to prevent terminal patients of Oregon from exercising their
legal right to end their suffering with a physician's help.
Free Inquiry, Spring 2003
Most of the debate favoring assisted suicide has been led by secular
humanists. This article challenges many of the assumptions of those who
favor the practice, arguing from a secular humanist perspective. The
author says that assisted suicide is not an answer to the problems it
seeks to address.
Journal of the American Medical Association, August 18, 1993
What are the possible responses that a physician can make to a patient
who wants to die? This controversial dilemma is presented in the
context of compassionate care for suffering and an awareness of the
needs of the dying. In the commentary, a medical ethicist disagrees,
stating that compassion cannot overrule a moral principle.
The New England Journal of Medicine, January 2, 1997
Legalized physician-assisted suicide is not a substitute for competent
palliative care of the dying. Attention to the emotional,
psychological, spiritual, and physical needs of the dying patient is
the mark of a good doctor.
Nursing Standard, March 5, 2003
Janis Moody contends that the philosophical basis of the active-passive
distinction has led to distortions in the law surrounding the issue of
euthanasia. The author argues for a reform in nursing practice that
will reclassify passive and active euthanasia as life-terminating acts.
She further argues that nurses need to have an understanding of the
ethical and legal basis of euthanasia to acknowledge and define their
possible future role in relation to providing life-terminating acts.
AARP The Magazine, March/April 2003
In this article, we follow the actions of Colleen Rice, who, with the
assistance of her daughter, ends her life of suffering from cancer.
This act of self-deliverance is portrayed as a rational and dignified
attempt to bring closure to a life that Rice no longer felt was worth
living.
24. Ethics and Life's Ending: An Exchange, Robert D. Orr and Gilbert
Meilaender, Current, October 2004
This article provides a point-counterpoint discussion of the quality of
life arguments for passive euthanasia and the right to die. Knowledge
from both points of view challenge the student who is attempting to
formulate an understanding of the complex issues surrounding this
controversy.
25. What Living Wills Won't Do, Eric Cohen, The Weekly Standard, April 18,
2005
Also inspired by the Terri Schiavo case, this article discusses the
limitations of living wills and durable powers of attorney for health
care.
26. When Students Kill Themselves, Colleges May Get the Blame, Ann H.
Franke, The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 25, 2004
Suicide among college students has always been a nightmare for parents,
now it has become a risk management issue for college administrators
and professors. This article addresses the issue of responsibility for
suicides among college students and how and when students are at risk.
UNIT 5. Funerals
27. The Contemporary American Funeral, Michael R. Leming and George E.
Dickinson, Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement, Wadsworth, 2006
This article provides an overview of the present practice of
funeralization in American society, including the traditional and
alternative funeral arrangements. The functions of funerals relative to
the sociological, psychological, and theological needs of adults and
children are also discussed.
U.S. Catholic, September 1990
A number of religious practices are reviewed in this article
demonstrating the commonalities and differences among many religious
traditions. Many of the rituals performed at the funeral are closely
tied to the religious ideas of the people who perform them.
29. The Arlington Ladies: American Volunteerism at its Most Moving, Shawn
Macomber, The American Spectator, May 2005
This article discusses the role of the "Arlington Ladies” who have
attended every funeral at Arlington Cemetery to ensure that no soldier
is ever buried with no one in attendance, and also to serve the needs
of family members, whether or not they are present at the funeral.
30. Green Graveyards—A Natural Way to Go, Barbara Basler, AARP Bulletin,
July/August 2004
This AARP article provides "environmentally friendly” or "green”
alternatives to earth burials and cremations. In the words of Billy
Campbell, "We put death in its rightful place, as part of the cycle of
life. Our burials honor the idea of dust to dust.
31. Face to Face With Death: The Funeral Industry is Opening up to
Newcomers Who Want to Comfort Families in Mourning, Vanessa Juarez,
Newsweek, June 6, 2005
This article takes us behind the scenes to view the contemporary
education of funeral directors—a profession which is now reaching
gender equality in the future of its members.
UNIT 6. Bereavement
32. The Grieving Process, Michael R. Leming and George E. Dickinson,
Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement, Wadsworth, 2006
This article discusses the seven basic coping strategies related to the
bereavement process (shock and denial, disorganization, volatile
emotions, guilt, loss and loneliness, relief, and reestablishment) and
the four tasks of bereavement (accepting the reality of the loss,
experiencing the pain of grief, adjusting to an environment in which
the deceased is missing, and the withdrawing of emotional energy and
reinvesting it in other relationships).
Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow, Lexington Books, 1989
Kenneth Doka discusses the unique situation of bereaved survivors
whose loss is not, or cannot be, openly acknowledged, publicly mourned,
or socially supported.
Omega, Volume 38, Number 1, 1998-1999
This article enhances and broadens the concept of disenfranchised grief
in significant ways as it indicates that there are aspects of most
losses that are indeed disenfranchised.
Omega, Volume 26, Number 1, 1992-1993
This article operationalizes complicated mourning and identifies its
seven high-risk factors. The author argues that the prevalence of
complicated mourning is increasing today due to a number of
contemporary sociocultural and technological trends, with problems in
both the mental health profession and the field of thanatology that are
preventing or interfering with requisite treatment. New treatment
policies and models are now mandated for intervention in complicated
mourning.
36. The Elephant in the Middle of the Room, Marilyn Snyder, Newsweek,
February 28, 2005
This article provides a personal and subjective understanding of
mourning for one's spouse.
37. Those Left Behind: War Widows Find Ways to Cope, But There's Really No
Cure for the Pain, Susan Brink, U.S. News & World Report, November 29, 2004
This article discusses the special grieving of war widows and the
recovery of losing a spouse to armed conflict that exists between
nations at war.
The Advocate, February 19, 2002
This article is a personal account of a woman who has experienced
disenfranchised grief as the surviving spouse in a same-sex
relationship. She tells of how she was disinherited and marginalized by
her partner's family and denied her rightful claim to personal
belongings, pension, and other benefits that normally go to a
surviving spouse.
Journal of Mental Health Counseling, April 2004
This article examines elements related to children's developmental
understandings of death, ways to talk to children about death, a broad
understanding of the nature of children's grief and bereavement,
recognition of the common characteristics of grieving children, and
useful interventions of the bereaved child by mental health counselors.
The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, June 2002
This article helps with the difficult task of assisting parents to
talk about tragedies with their children. The author acknowledges the
difficulty of the task while providing some very helpful guidelines
that help parents organize the discussion in a way that is helpful to
their children.