Personal Care in an Impersonal World A Multidimensional Look at Bereavement
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John D Morgan (Author)The purpose of this volume is to ask and propose a positive answer to the question: "Can we attend to the personhood of individuals within systems and cultures which are mass oriented?" One of the most interesting changes in contemporary thinking has been the emphasis on the unique person. While the distinction between a person (a unique rational being) and individual (one of several similar things) has long existed, it is in the twentieth century that we seem to have become fully conscious of this distinction. There is good reason for such as emphasis today. Repeatedly in this century the case of the person was deemed less important than some policy. Innocent persons slaughtered in the name of some "ism," political bombings and kidnappings, and mass unemployment to name but a few. The cause of our dehumanization seems to be the reduction of the individual person to a part of the political, economic or religious system.
Introduction John D. Morgan
PART I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Personal Care in an Impersonal World Jeanne Quint Benoliel The Person: Dying and Bereaved John D. Morgan
An Expanded Meaning of Caring in Palliative Care Mary Ann Morgan
The Right to Die and the Need to Grieve E. W. Keyserlingk
Grieving: The Pain and the Promise Deanna Edwards
Pathways through Grief: A Model of the Process Karen Martin and Sandra Elder
The 1990's Loss Process and Vulnerable Personalities Nan Giblin and Sr. Frances Ryan
Sexual Responses to the Stimulus of Death Patricia MacElveen-Hoehn
PART II: THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR GROUPS
The Six C's of Christmas and Grief Richard J. Paul, Joan Burnett, David Hart, and Susan Brushey "It's Not Over When It's Over"—The Aftermath of Suicide Rabbi Daniel A. Roberts
Role of Organ Donation in Helping Family Members Cope with Grief Maryse Pelletier
SIDS: Parents' Responses Linda Ernst and John DeFrain
Growing Beyond Survival: Grief Experiences of Children from Dysfunctional Families Judy Oaks
PART III: LESSONS FROM TRADITIONS
Native American Burial Practices Gerry R. Cox and Ronald J. Fundis Suicide Prevention Consultation in Canada's Northwest Territories: A Personal Account Ross E. Gray
Psychocultural Influences on African-American Attitudes towards Death, Dying and Funeral Rites Ronald K. Barrett
Funeral Customs in Thailand Michael R. Leming and Sommai Premchit
Death and Bereavement among the Chinese in Asia Jiakang Wu
PART IV: SPECIAL QUESTIONS
Hospice Future Dame Cicely Saunders Contributors
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