Social perspectives on death and dying

Auger, Jeanette A. 1945- (author.).

Summary: "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."--

Record details

ISBN: 1773631837
ISBN: 9781773631837
Physical Description: ix, 286 pages ; 23 cm
print
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Halifax ; Winnipeg : 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.