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Confronting death : values, institutions, and human mortality / David Wendell Moller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996Description: x, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195042956
  • 9780195042955
  • 0195042964
  • 9780195042962
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.9 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ1073 .M6 1996
Contents:
1. Dying and Historical Context -- 2. The Modern Organization of Death -- 3. The Dying Patient: A Creation of the Modern Organization of Death -- 4. Funerals as Social Facts -- 5. Grief and Individualism: The Decline of Ritual and the Emergence of the Therapeutic Model -- 6. On Dying, Death, and Children -- 7. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part One: Violent Deaths of Suicide -- 8. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part Two: The Holocaust and the Technology of Genocide -- 9. Easing Death's Sting: A Conclusion --
Dying and historical context -- The modern organization of death -- The dying patient: a creation of the modern organization of death -- Funerals as social facts -- Grief and individualism: the decline of ritual and the emergence of the therapeutic model -- On dying, death, and children -- The deaths of humans by humans, part 1: violent deaths of suicide -- The deaths of humans by humans, part 2: the holocaust and the technology of genocide -- Easing death's sting : a conclusion.
Summary: "A masterfully written supplementary text for courses on death and dying. Moller powerfully critiques how modern technology and bureaucracy, along with professional doctors, therapists, and funeral directors have come to dehumanize the experience of death for both the dying and their survivors."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-295) and index.

1. Dying and Historical Context -- 2. The Modern Organization of Death -- 3. The Dying Patient: A Creation of the Modern Organization of Death -- 4. Funerals as Social Facts -- 5. Grief and Individualism: The Decline of Ritual and the Emergence of the Therapeutic Model -- 6. On Dying, Death, and Children -- 7. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part One: Violent Deaths of Suicide -- 8. The Death of Humans by Humans, Part Two: The Holocaust and the Technology of Genocide -- 9. Easing Death's Sting: A Conclusion --

Dying and historical context -- The modern organization of death -- The dying patient: a creation of the modern organization of death -- Funerals as social facts -- Grief and individualism: the decline of ritual and the emergence of the therapeutic model -- On dying, death, and children -- The deaths of humans by humans, part 1: violent deaths of suicide -- The deaths of humans by humans, part 2: the holocaust and the technology of genocide -- Easing death's sting : a conclusion.

"A masterfully written supplementary text for courses on death and dying. Moller powerfully critiques how modern technology and bureaucracy, along with professional doctors, therapists, and funeral directors have come to dehumanize the experience of death for both the dying and their survivors."--Publisher description.

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