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Few areas in life have experienced the rapid pace of change that has been the experience of health care. It's an area where nothing feels "safe" and everything is threatened with reexamination and redefinition. This title explores this area that is continually being introduced to treatments, challenges, people, expectations, and time limits.

Provides discussions on the meaning of life and death. This anthology explores the process of meaning-making in the face of death and the roles of religion and spirituality at times of loss; the profound and devastating experience of loss in the death of a spouse or a child; a psychological model of spirituality; and dimensions of spirituality.

Surviving the death of a brother or sister is not a phase of life that eventually passes. Sibling survival is a life-long achievement. This guide recognizes this and celebrates not only the life of the brother or sister who has died but the lives and spirits of their sibling survivors.

On June 19, 1999, Dr Douglas Daher received a phone call informing him that his twenty-two-year-old son, Andrew, was dead. This title chronicles this tragedy, from the initial delivery of the news and the first night of loss through the funeral, in a timeless encounter that tightly bound together friends and extended family.

Suggests a different perspective on the relationships between science, ethics and society, based upon the distinction and integration of two fields: the frontier bioethics, which examines the development of biomedicine; and the bioethics of everyday life, which concerns people from around the world.

Theorizes how matters concerning the birth of the universe, its fate, and the creation, evolution, and final destiny of life on earth co-exist with regenerated consciousness.

Consists of a description of a multitude of imagery techniques that have been grouped into four categories: hypno-behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic/humanistic and humanistic/transpersonal.

A collection of writings from people who have created aftercare programs that offer pespectives - from the practical how-to's in developing a program to the more personal stories that enlighten the reader on the motivation behind those who founded the programs.

Examines grief in special populations, including the mentally ill, POW-MIA survivors, the differentially-abled, suicide survivors, bereaved children, those experiencing death at birth, death in schools, and palliative-care death.

Putting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in adaptation overall, to the death of a spouse, and to retirement. From the multifactored theoretical perspectives of symbolic interactionism and polit

Analyzes dying and death in the cosmopolitan setting. While providing a portrait of dying, this book also tells us a great deal about life. It demonstrates that the foundation for the medicalization of death that shapes the life experience of dying persons and loved ones is a product of the ways of life in the broader culture.

Time and place are of significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. Their analysis is essential for developing and reforming social policies, services, and interventions aimed at improving human development and welfare.

Containing contributions from the intergovernmental and non-governmental worlds and voices of victim/survivors, this book reviews the international and regional human rights systems in terms of their effectiveness for the victims of human rights violations, and provides directions for the promotion and protection of human rights.

Containing twenty-two essays, including Dabney Townsend's essay on the development of eighteenth century aesthetics to make the history of aesthetics accessible to both students and specialists alike.

Begins with a general discussion of the types of grief that result from death and non-death losses. This guide uses statements made by parents whose children were murdered, and discusses the specifics of murdered-child grief including, the complex emotions felt by the grieving parents.

Features a collection of seven research-based articles on AIDS. This work seeks to cut through popular misunderstanding and conventional ideas about the spread and impact of AIDS by employing a political economic perspective in the analysis of the epidemic in diverse settings.

Giving an introduction to philosophical thanatology, this work challenges the reader to develop a disciplined and focused awareness of his/her own mortality, and to grapple with the implications. It also explores issues in philosophy, ethics, developmental psychology, psychoanalytic psychology, idealistic humanism, sociology, and other humanities.

Helps you recognise the continuity that runs across the generations from grandparents to grandchildren. This work provides a clear perspective on the actual experiences of the lives of our family and friends.

Designed for use in academic programs in technical and professional communication and for communication professionals in the workplace, this work presents essays from contributors that offer multiple perspectives, and an introduction to some of the important issues publications.

Introduces technical communication from the avenue of humanities with which many are familiar and allied. For scholars and practicing professionals already familiar with technical communication, this book provides a collection of essays on humanistic developments.

The eight articles provided here present a comprehensive overview of the project's rationale, intervention, and evaluation plan. This book is of special interest to health educators because it endeavors to integrate research, community organization, and rigorous evaluation to address a significant world health risk.

Filled with activities to allow individuals, families, and groups in bereavement support groups, at retreats, memorial services, and conferences to acknowledge the death of a loved one or community member in a gentle but effective way.

The grief reaction is often similar for many diverse circumstances and situations. This book focuses heavily on caring for children with disabilities, chronic or terminal illness, dealing with the loss, and the recovery process.

Attempts to understand the impact of terminal illness on the entire family system and seeks to develop a theoretical framework that would guide the assessment of and services to such families.

The complexity and diversity of families and aging has generated the necessity for research, policy, and program agendas that address emerging issues and needs for elderly Americans and their families. This volume is an effort towards that end - an effort towards fostering a different perspective at families and aging.

Says that thousands of older people have been flowing into nursing homes unnecessarily when they can and should remain in their own home or apartment.

The topics of aging and disabilities are multifaceted and therefore may be approached in many ways. This work chooses to focus on four systems and areas of common ground (aging, developmental disabilities, independent living movement, and rehabilitation), to investigate the emerging "intersection" of the two fields.

Written in the genre of "Imaginal Psychology", this book presents the imaginal dimension of the mourning process. The "angels" it greets are the interior figures who greet the bereaved during the course of their mourning process.

Beginning in the 1970s large corporations collectively began an unprecedented involvement in health policy and planning on the local and national levels. This is a twenty year comprehensive overview, dissecting this phenomenon. It raises critical questions of this for-profit invasion of health care.

Dedicated to the late Bertil Gardell, a Swedish Social Scientist, this text comprises of 18 essays that shares a common vision - the impact of work on the interconnected processes of stress and disease.