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The A–Z of Death and Dying : Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects by Michael John Brennan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The A–Z of Death and Dying : Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects about?
This engaging and informative resource provides readers with an understanding of the social, cultural, and historical influences that shape our encounters with death, dying, and bereavement—a universal experience across humanity.Written in an engaging and accessible style by leading international scholars and practitioners from within the field of death and bereavement studies, this book will have broad appeal, providing in a single volume insights from some of the key thinkers within the interdisciplinary field of death, dying, and bereavement. Its approximately 200 entries will serve as useful starting points for those new to the topic and will be informative to those already acquainted with some of the core concepts and ideas within this burgeoning field of inquiry. This encyclopedia will serve as an essential resource for high school and undergraduate students, those engaged in independent research, and professionals whose work involves caring for the dead, dying, and bereaved. It will also be of great interest to general readers intrigued by the social, medical, and cultural dimensions to human mortality. Underscored by the inescapable biological certainties that affect us all
Who reads The A–Z of Death and Dying : Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael John Brennan
- Publisher
- Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9798400605994
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness, Sociology, Gender Studies