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Death and Bereavement Around the World

Pittu Laungani, Dale A Lund, John D Morgan, Stephen Palmer

2017

Overview

This final volume of \"\"Death and Bereavement Around the World\"\" reflects on some major themes: death and after-life, religion and spirituality, rites and rituals, secularist approaches, cultural variations, suicide, and other issues. The first few chapters describe progress in end-of-life care, including some new tools to evaluate hospice care (chapter 1); what children know, when they know it, and how parents can respond to questions, with some guidelines for support by schools (chapter 2); the importance of ritual (chapter 3); and, gender differences in death customs around the world (chapter 4).The transcript of a 1997 interview of John (Jack) Morgan by Pittu Laungani is presented as chapter 5. The following chapters discuss death systems and suicide (chapter 6); HIV/AIDS, including the role of cultural and economic factors in the spread of the disease (chapter 7); and grief and bereavement in the developing world, taking the AIDS pandemic as a specific challenge (chapter 8). Chapter 9 covers issues related to dying and death in Romania. In chapter 10 the focus is on the various functions and uses of names in a cross-cultural context. Roadside memorials as a pivotal healing strategy are the topic of chapter 11. Chapters 12 and 13 focus on spiritual experience with loss.The final chapter presents some conclusions, and in the Epilogue, Mary Ann Morgan honors the life, career, dying, death, and achievements of John (Jack) Morgan. The 'Final Word' includes the words of Pittu Laungani, from a book published just weeks before his death in February 2007.This work is for anyone interested in or working in death and bereavement issues, particularly academics, educators, librarians, chaplains, clergy, funeral service directors, hospice care providers and volunteers, palliative care providers, nurses, immigration officers, psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists, and counselors, especially bereavement counselors. PREFACE Stephen Palmer GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO SERIES John D Morgan, Pittu Laungani and Stephen Palmer TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR JACK MORGAN Pittu Laungani TRIBUTE TO PITTU: Reflections on the Last Months of His Life and Achievements Ann Laungani INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME PART 1 Pittu Laungani PART 2 Stephen Palmer CHAPTER 1 End of Life Care Stephen Connor CHAPTER 2 Children and Death Around the World Robert Stevenson CHAPTER 3 Ritual: Making Special: The Right of Every Griever Harold Ivan Smith CHAPTER 4 Gender Differences in Death Customs Around the World Tom Golden CHAPTER 5 Pittu Laungani in Conversation with John D. Morgan Pittu Laungani and John D. Morgan CHAPTER 6 Death Systems and Suicide Around the World Antoon Leenaars CHAPTER 7 AIDS = Death Inge B. Corless CHAPTER 8 Grief and Bereavement in the Developing World Val Maasdorp and Rona Martin CHAPTER 9 Death and Bereavement in Romania Marius Rotar CHAPTER 10 Names and their Uses Sam Silverman CHAPTER 11 Roadside Memorials: Beyond Individual Grieving Iara Costa and Roy Moodley CHAPTER 12 Spiritual Experiences with Loss: Encouragement or Disaster? Rev. Richard Gilbert CHAPTER 13 Spirituality, Dying, Death, and Bereavement: Time for a Radically Expanded Definition of Spirituality Kate Arthur CHAPTER 14 Conclusion Stephen Palmer EPILOGUE Reflection on the Life of John Daniel Morgan: A Journey to Wholeness Mary Ann Morgan FINAL WORD Pittu Laungani Meet the Contributors Index

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Subject: Trauma Studies
• ISBN: 0895032392, 9780895032393, 0895032384, 9780895032386