TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parkes,Colin Murray
AU  - Laungani,Pittu
AU  - Young,Bill
TI  - Death and bereavement across cultures
SN  - 0415131375
U1  - 306.9 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Death
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Bereavement
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Mourning customs
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Grief
KW  - Customs
KW  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-251) and index; Contents: Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- Grief in small-scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt -- Death in a Hindu family / Pittu Laungani -- A death on the roof of the world : the perspective of Tibetan Buddhism / Uwe P. Gielen -- Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine -- Christianity / Harold Ter Blanche and Colin Murray Parkes -- The many facets of Islam : death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention / Gerdien Jonker -- Secularization / Tony Walter -- Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures / Bill Young and Danai Papadatou -- Help for the dying and bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes -- Conclusions I : implications for practice and policy / Pittu Laungani -- Conclusions II :  attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes
ER  -