Social perspectives on death and dying / Jeanette A. Auger.
"While death is an inevitable happening in all our lives, the perspectives that we hold about death and dying are socially constructed. This text takes us through the maze of issues, both social and personal, which surround death and dying in our country. The author invites us not to just peek at issues of death and dying but to open our eyes wide and examine how Canadian cultures deal with those concepts. In this new updated edition, Auger challenges us to examine our own thoughts, feelings and fears-our own experience-of the death and dying phenomena."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781773631837
- ISBN: 1773631837
- Physical Description: ix, 286 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: Third edition.
- Publisher: Halifax ; Fernwood Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-279) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Beginnings -- Your experiences and perceptions of death and dying -- Key concepts in the maze of death and dying -- Historical attitudes towards death and dying -- Types of death and dying -- Hospice and palliative care -- Medical assistance in dying and euthanasia -- HIV/AIDS as a sociological issue -- Drug and opioid deaths in Canada -- Cross-cultural variations in death and dying -- Changing face of funeral and burial practices -- Legal and ethical issues in death and dying -- Causes and prevention of suicide in Canada -- Dealing with grief and bereavement -- Revived interest in death and dying and the quest for immortality. |
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Subject: | Death > Social aspects. Death > Social aspects > Canada. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Interurban Library | HQ 1073.5 C2 A84 2019 (Text) | 26040003402944 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |