Test Bank for Understanding Dying, Death, And Bereavement 7th Edition By Michael R. Leming
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 STUDYING DYING, DEATH, AND BEREAVEMENT 2
Chapter 2 THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF DEATH 15
Chapter 3 GROWING UP WITH DEATH 24
Chapter 4 PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND LIFE AFTER DEATH 32
Chapter 5 THE DYING PROCESS 40
Chapter 6 LIVING WITH DYING 50
Chapter 7 DYING IN THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 60
Chapter 8 BIOMEDICAL ISSUES AND EUTHANASIA 68
Chapter 9 SUICIDE 78
Chapter 10 DIVERSITY IN DEATH RITUALS 89
Chapter 11 THE BUSINESS OF DYING 102
Chapter 12 THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF DYING 113
Chapter 13 COPING WITH LOSS 123
Chapter 14 GRIEVING THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE 130
SAMPLE SYLLABUSES 136
CHAPTER 1
STUDYING DYING, DEATH, AND BEREAVEMENT
Chapter Outline
Current Interest in Death and Dying
Why the Increased Interest?
The Mystery of Death
Terrorism
Ethical Issues
Popular Culture
Death Education
Thanatology Classes
Thanatology Publications
Mortality Statistics
Death Etiology and Life Expectancy
Gender Differences in Mortality Rates
Approaches to the Study of Dying and Death
The Biological Approach
The Psychological Approach
The Philosophical Approach
The Anthropological Approach
The Sociological Approach
Structural-Functional Theory
Conflict Theory
Social Exchange Theory
Symbolic Interactionist Theory
Conclusion
Summary
Discussion Questions
Glossary
Suggested Readings
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