Robert A. Neimeyer

Felix M. Berardo

Hannelore Wass

Experts in thanatology look at the ways people face dying and bereavement, incorporating disciplines including psychology, nursing, family studies, philosophy, law, religion, and political science, while highlighting thanatology's core psychological and therapeutic dimensions. Chapters touch on subjects such as historical and cultural attitudes, institutional dying, the hospice approach, American funeral practice, and spiritual aspects of grief and mourning. This third edition includes material on AIDS and the right to die. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Facing the Facts

Dying

Middle and Late Life Transitions

Francis Ivan Nye

Sociological theory and research findings are applied to a comprehensive analysis of American family behavior patterns

Felix M. Berardo

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