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Confronting Death: Values, Institutions, and Human Mortality Paperback – 25 January 1996

by David Wendell Moller (Author)
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In this masterfully written text, Moller powerfully critiques how modern technology and bureaucracy, along with professionalization, have come to dehumanize the experience of death for both the dying and their survivors. Beginning with an historical overview of traditional patterns of death and dying, Moller examines the technological advances of the medical profession and the effects, both social and individual, that modern medicine has had on our perception of death, including pain and suffering, the expanding gap between clinical and spiritual death, and how our traditional social apparatuses help us to respond to death and dying. Chapters on funerals, grief, suicide, the death of children, the holocaust, and a critique of therapeutic models illustrate how doctors have come to control the process of dying, how professional funeral directors dominate funerals, and how professional therapists channel the grief of survivors. Invaluable for psychology, nursing, and religion courses in death and dying, this text offers a penetrating synthesis of the complex personal and social issues surrounding our mortality.
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    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
  4. Publication date
    25 January 1996
  5. Dimensions
    20.8 x 2.03 x 13.97 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0195042964
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0195042962
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Advance Praise for Confronting Death: "This book breaks new ground. It is an encyclopaedic, thoughtful, well-crafted analysis of the American way of death, and should be regarded as a landmark in the future."--Vern Bengtson, Director, Social Sciences Division, Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California "This book is a rich source of information and offers thoughtful reflection which can serve as a valuable text for a course exploring death and dying."--Maureen Muldoon, University of Windsor

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Advance Praise for Confronting Death: "This book breaks new ground. It is an encyclopaedic, thoughtful, well-crafted analysis of the American way of death, and should be regarded as a landmark in the future."--Vern Bengtson, Director, Social Sciences Division, Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California "This book is a rich source of information and offers thoughtful reflection which can serve as a valuable text for a course exploring death and dying."--Maureen Muldoon, University of Windsor

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press, U.S.A. (25 January 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195042964
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195042962
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.8 x 2.03 x 13.97 cm
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4.0 out of 5 stars great book
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The condition of the book was just as they described it. I am pleased with the condition, and the book is really interesting. It's not the easiest thing to read, however, if you have recently experienced death in your life. The thanatology snapshots are great, but you might want to keep some tissues handy.
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