Dying, Death, and Bereavement

A concise but comprehensive interdisciplinary survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying, for use either as the principal text in a one-semester course on the topic or as a supplementary textbook in other courses. This revised edition (2nd ed., 1991) includes recent material on moral issues and court cases concerned with abortion and euthanasia; the widespread problems of AIDS and other deadly diseases; the tragedies occasioned by epidemics, starvation, and war; and the resumption of capital punishment in may states. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.