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Death and dying in America / Andrea Fontana and Jennifer Reid Keene.
Van Pelt Library HQ1073.5.U6 F66 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fontana, Andrea.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Social aspects--United States.
- Death.
- Death--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 240 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Polity, [2009]
- Contents:
- Death and culture. An American view of death ; Changing demographic and cultural aspects of death
- Death and its aftermath. Where dying takes place ; Dying ; Funeral practices
- Individual and collective death. Children and death ; Death and destruction
- Coping with death. Giving bad news ; The grieving process ; Life after death.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780745639147
- 0745639143
- 0745639151
- 9780745639154
- OCLC:
- 320316175
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