Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of thanatology : the essential body of knowledge for the study of death, dying, and bereavement / David Balk, editor-in-chief ; Carol Wogrin, Gordon Thornton, and David Meagher, associate editors.

Publication

Northbrook, IL : Association for Death Education and Counseling, The Thanatology Association ; New York : Routledge, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Balk, David E., 1943-
• Wogrin, Carol.
• Thornton, Gordon.
• Meagher, David K.
• Association for Death Education and Counseling.

Description

xxii, 464 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Thanatology > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Thanatology
• Thanatology
• Thanatologie

Genre/Form

• handbooks.
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.
• Guides et manuels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-454) and index.

Contents

Certification in thanatology: how the handbook of thanatology can assist -- Culture, socialization, and dying / Charles A. Corr and Donna M. Corr -- Religion, spirituality, and dying / Marcia Lattanzi-Licht -- Historical and contemporary perspectives on dying / Kenneth J. Doka -- Life span issues and dying / Robin Paletti -- Family, larger systems, and dying / Stephen R. Connor -- Ethical and legal issues and dying / Arthur Zucker -- Culture, socialization, and end-of-life decision making / Andrea C. Walker -- Religion, spirituality, and end-of-life decision making / Richard B. Gilbert -- Historical and contemporary perspectives on end-of-life decision making / James L. Werth, Jr. and Christine Harte -- Life span issues and end-of-life decision making / Andrea C. Walker -- Family, larger systems, and end-of-life decision making / Robyn L. Mowery -- Ethical and legal issues and end-of-life decision making / Arthur Zucker -- Culture, socialization, and loss, grief, and mourning / Paul C. Rosenblatt -- Religion and spirituality in loss, grief, and mourning / Dennis Klass -- Historical and contemporary perspectives on loss, grief, and mourning / Charles A. Corr and Donna M. Corr -- Life span issues and loss, grief, and mourning Part 1: The importance of a developmental context: childhood and adolescence as an example / Kevin Ann Oltjenbruns -- Part 2: Adulthood / David E. Balk -- Family, larger systems, and loss, grief, and mourning / Alicia Skinner Cook -- Ethical and legal issues and loss, grief, and mourning / David K. Meagher -- Culture and socialization in assessment and intervention / Ester R. Shapiro -- Religion, spirituality, and assessment and intervention / Kenneth J. Doka -- Historical and contemporary perspectives on assessment and intervention / John R. Jordan and Robert A. Neimeyer -- Life span issues and assessment and intervention / David A. Crenshaw -- Assessment and intervention in the family and larger systems / Jennifer L. Matheson -- Ethical and legal issues in assessment and intervention / Jackson P. Rainer -- Culture, socialization, and traumatic death / Jeffrey Kauffman -- Religion, spirituality, and traumatic death / Gerry R. Cox -- Historical and contemporary perspectives on traumatic death / Lillian M. Range -- Life span issues and traumatic death / David Lester -- Family, larger systems, and traumatic death / David A. Crenshaw -- Ethical and legal issues in traumatic death / David K. Meagher -- Culture, socialization, and death education / Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Albert Strickland -- Religion, spirituality, and death education / Robert G. Stevenson -- Historical and contemporary perspectives on death education / Illene C. Noppe -- Life span issues and death education / Illene C. Noppe -- Family, larger systems, and death education / Kathleen R. Gilbert and Colleen I. Murray -- Ethical and legal issues and death education / Carla J. Sofka -- Professional issues and thanatology / Carol Wogrin -- Resources in thanatology / Gordon Thornton, Scarlett Jett and Mary Lou Zanich.

ISBN

• 9780415989459
• 0415989450
• 0979408202
• 9780979408205

LCCN

99818527754

OCLC

• ocn176945840
• 176945840
• SCSB-1486218

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library