Death and bereavement across cultures, edited by Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young

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Contents: Pt. I. A conceptual framework: historical and cultural themes -- 1. Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- 2. Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young -- pt. II. Major world systems of belief and ritual -- 3. Grief in small scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt -- 4. Death in a Hindu family / Pittu and Ann Laungani -- 5. The Buddhist way of death / Margaret Gouin -- 6. Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine -- 7. Christianity: beliefs and practices about death and bereavement / Peter C. Jupp -- 8. The Islamic way of death and dying: homeward bound / Waseem Alladin -- 9. Secularisation / Tony Walter -- pt. III. Practical implications and conclusions -- 10. Childhood death and bereavement across cultures / Danai Papadatou -- 11. Help for the dying and the bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes -- 12. Conclusions I: implications for practice and policy / Pittu Laungani, Colin Murray Parkes and Bill Young -- 13. Conclusions II: attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes

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