Part 1. A Conceptual Framework : Historical and Cultural Themes. Murray Parkes, Laungani, Young, Introduction. Murray Parkes, Laungani, Young, Culture and Religion.Part 2. Major World Systems of Belief and Ritual. Rosenblatt, Grief in Small-Scale Societies. Pittu and Ann Laungani, Death in a Hindu Family. Gouin, The Buddhist Way of Death. Levine, Jewish Views and Customs on Death. Jupp, Christianity: Beliefs and Practices about Death and Bereavement. Alladin, The Islamic Way of Death and Dying: Homeward Bound. Walter, Secularisation. Part 3. Practical Implications and Conclusions. Papadatou, Children and Families. Murray Parkes, Helping the Dying and the Bereaved. Laungani, Murray Parkes,Young, Conclusions I. Implications for Practice and Policy. Murray Parkes, Conclusions II. Attachments and Losses in Cross-cultural Perspective.
Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych, DL, is Consultant
Psychiatrist Emeritus at St Christopher's Hospice and Honorary
Consultant Psychiatrist to the Royal London Hospital and the
Tavistock Clinic, London. He is Life President of Cruse Bereavement
Care and in 1996 was awarded an OBE for services to bereaved
people.
Pittu Laungani was Reader in Psychology at South Bank University
until his retirement in 2001. He died in 2007.
Bill Young is former Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
at St Christopher's Fellowship, London.
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since the first publication of DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT ACROSS
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and grief work and teaching across the world. The range of the book
is outstanding, unfolding with great cultural sensitivity the
variety of cultural and religious differences in reactions to loss,
death rituals and ways of expressing grief and mourning. In a clear
and compassionate manner the books amplifies our understanding not
only of the 'other' but also of our own search for meaning of life
and death." - Ofra Ayalon Ph.D., Psychologist, expert on
psychological stress and trauma of natural & man-made disasters,
Haifa University, Director of Nord Cope Center"Death and
Bereavement Across Cultures provides the perspectives that underpin
best practice. It gets under the skin of culture and its impact on
people and practice. This book is a masterpiece. This second
edition is an updated statement of latest thinking on the
fruitfulness of cultural diversity in illness, death and
bereavement. A must-read for those working or studying in the field
of end of life care and bereavement as well as health and social
care practitioners." - David Oliviere, Director of Studies at St
Christopher's Hospice"Death and Bereavement Across Cultures is the
second edition of the classic collection of essays first published
by the authors in 1997 and remains a pioneering handbook for
doctors, nurses, social workers, hospital chaplains, counselors,
and volunteers who deal with death and bereavement... Many chapters
are written by renowned experts in the field... An extremely
valuable aspect of the volume is that each chapter includes a
bullet point summary of its main points in very accessible form." -
Henry Abramovitch, Tel Aviv University, Transcultural
Psychiatry
"The years that passed since the first publication of DEATH AND
BEREAVEMENT ACROSS CULTURES have made this important contribution
even more relevant both for healthcare counselors and for the
general public. This book has been my faithful companion on my
arduous trauma healing and grief work and teaching across the
world. The range of the book is outstanding, unfolding with great
cultural sensitivity the variety of cultural and religious
differences in reactions to loss, death rituals and ways of
expressing grief and mourning. In a clear and compassionate manner
the books amplifies our understanding not only of the 'other' but
also of our own search for meaning of life and death." - Ofra
Ayalon Ph.D., Psychologist, expert on psychological stress and
trauma of natural & man-made disasters, Haifa University, Director
of Nord Cope Center"Death and Bereavement Across Cultures provides
the perspectives that underpin best practice. It gets under the
skin of culture and its impact on people and practice. This book is
a masterpiece. This second edition is an updated statement of
latest thinking on the fruitfulness of cultural diversity in
illness, death and bereavement. A must-read for those working or
studying in the field of end of life care and bereavement as well
as health and social care practitioners." - David Oliviere,
Director of Studies at St Christopher's Hospice
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