Death
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-0-684-83941-7 (ISBN)
From the author of the groundbreaking work On Death and Dying comes an exploration on why discussing death is considered taboo and how normalizing that discussion can enrich our lives.
Ours is a death-denying society. But death is inevitable, and we must face the question of how to deal with it. Coming to terms with our own finiteness helps us discover life's true meaning. So why do we treat death as a taboo? What are the sources of our fears? How do we express our grief, and how do we accept the death of a person close to us? How can we prepare for our own death?
Drawing on our own and other cultures' views of death and dying, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, provides some illuminating answers to these and other questions. She offers a spectrum of viewpoints, including those of ministers, rabbis, doctors, nurses, and sociologists, and the personal accounts of those near death and of their survivors.
Once we come to terms with death as a part of human development, the author shows, death can provide us with a key to the meaning of human existence.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, (1926–2004) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, humanitarian, and co-founder of the hospice movement around the world. She was also the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, which first discussed the five stages of grief. Elisabeth authored twenty-four books in thirty-six languages and brought comfort to millions of people coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Her greatest professional legacy includes teaching the practice of humane care for the dying and the importance of sharing unconditional love. Her work continues by the efforts of hundreds of organizations around the world, including The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation.
Contents
Foreword
Preface:
A Journey into the Realm of Death and Growth
1
Introduction
2
Why Is It So Hard to Die?
THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT OF DYING
Hans O. Mauksch
DEATH IN THE FIRST PERSON
Anonymous
3
Death Through Some Other Windows
DYING AMONG ALASKAN INDIANS: A MATTER OF CHOICE
Murray L. Trelease
THE JEWISH VIEW OF DEATH: GUIDELINES FOR DYING
Zachary I. Heller
THE JEWISH VIEW OF DEATH: GUIDELINES FOR MOURNING
Audrey Gordon
THE DEATH THAT ENDS DEATH IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM
J. Bruce Long
4
Dying Is Easy, But Living Is Hard
LIVING UNTIL DEATH: A PROGRAM OF SERVICE AND RESEARCH FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL
Raymond G. Carey
FUNERALS: A TIME FOR GRIEF AND GROWTH
Roy Nichols and lane Nichols
A MOTHER MOURNS AND GROWS
Edith Mize
ONE WOMAN'S DEATH -- A VICTORY AND A TRIUMPH
Dorothy Pitkin
5
Death and Growth: Unlikely Partners?
DEATH AS PART OF MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
LETTER TO ELISABETH: DEDICATED TO CAROL
Bal Mount
LOUIE
Shirley Holzer Jeffrey
FOR MY WIFE WANDA: LOVE WILL NEVER GO AWAY
Orville Kelly
6
Death: The Final Stage of Growth
DYING AS THE LAST STAGE OF GROWTH
Mwalimu Imara
Omego
Resources
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.8.1997 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 214 mm |
| Gewicht | 206 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-684-83941-5 / 0684839415 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-684-83941-7 / 9780684839417 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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