E-book
The truth about death and dying [electronic resource] / Robert N. Golden, general editor ; Fred Peterson, general editor ; Karen Meyers, principal author.
Offers clear and concise information and covers the many issues, feelings, and processes that relate to death and dying.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781438125817 (electronic book)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 224 p.) : ill.
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: New York : Facts On File, c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Abuse of the sick and infirm -- Alternative living -- Attitudes toward death, Teenage -- Autopsy -- Cremation -- Death, Unexpected and planned -- Death and dying, The business of -- Death and money -- Death and the family -- Death of a friend -- Death of a parent -- Doctors' perspectives -- Drug and alcohol abuse -- Dying, The process of -- Dying, The statistics of -- Elderly men, Aging of -- Elderly women, Aging of -- Ethnic rituals and death -- Fear of death -- Grieving, The process of -- Growing old in America -- Help and support -- Living Longer : living better? -- Loss of a pet -- Managing death -- Media's view, The -- Organ donation -- Planning for death -- Right to die, The -- Smoking and death -- Stages of death, The -- Teenage deaths -- Terminal diseases affecting youths -- Traditions and death -- Violent death. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
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