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Understanding Attitudes to Personhood, Illness, and Death in America's Multireligious Neighborhoods.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mosher, Lucinda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Personhood, Illness, and Death in America's Multifaith Neighborhoods by Lucinda Mosher; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. What We Are; What are we?; Where do we come from?; Where are we going?; Being human; Notes; Chapter 2. When We're Ailing; Attitudes toward illness; "Traditional" versus "Western"; Multiple faiths in the hospital; Spiritual caregivers; Notes; Chapter 3. Postponing Death, Extending Life; Life-extending technology; Organ transplantation; Allowing natural death; Notes; Chapter 4. Transition; When death is imminent; Once death has come; Disposing of the body.
  • Death's demandsNote; Chapter 5. Recovery; Mourning at the time of death; The mid-stages of grieving; Anniversaries; When loss is multi-religious; Reflections; Notes; Resources; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Blank Page.