Death and Dying in AmericaISBN: 978-0-7456-3914-7
Hardcover
220 pages
July 2009, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Sociology
'The chapters on life after death, religion and extrasensory
experiences are particularly interesting and thought-provoking ...
It is thought-provoking and unusual in its sociology perspective of
the American experience of death and dying.'
European Journal of Palliative Care
'This volume offers a vital new statement on the study of death
and dying. Professors Fontana and Keene have written an accessible,
interesting text that will serve multiple disciplines and will be
appreciated by students and teachers alike. Well done!'
Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State University
'The authors are to be commended for their unusually engaging
and very current treatment of the issues that should be at the core
of any course on death and dying. This book is particularly well
suited for the rapidly increasing number of sociological courses on
death and dying, but it will also work very well in many
interdisciplinary courses taught in a variety of other departments.
Instructors will be able to use this book as a stand alone text or
to use it as a set of core readings to be supplemented by selected
readings on topics of special relevance to his or her students. Of
particular note is their excellent treatment of such topics as the
hospice movement, grief, assisted suicide, and various forms of
euthanasia.'
John Williamson, Boston College