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Title Dying, assisted death and mourning / edited by Asa Kasher.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series At the interface/probing the boundaries. Making sense of dying and death ; v. 58
At the interface/probing the boundaries. Making sense of dying and death ; v. 58.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction; Section 1 Dying; Hospice and the Intangible Wonders of Being / Mary Josephine Mahoney -- So That's a Completely Different Story: Competing Narratives in the Lives of Relatives Caring for Dying Patients / Jeremy Weinstein -- Death and the Sense of Self / Chris Onof -- Political Murder on the German Opera Stage Masagniello Furioso, Gnther von Schwarzburg and Rienz / Karl Traugott Goldbach. Section 2 Euthanasia; Nurse Involvement in the Care for Patients Requesting Euthanasia / Nele De Bal, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterle, Chris Gastmans -- Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Questioning the Appropriateness of Human Models for Understanding Bereavement as Applied to the Experience of Companion Animal Loss through Euthanasia / Susan Dawson and Bill Campbell. Section 3 Mourning; Saying Hallo Metaphor as Alternative Approach to Death-Related Counselling / Werner, Neil -- Remembering the Dead: Roadside Memorials in Ireland / Una MacConville and Regina McQuillan -- Untitled (Queer Mourning and the Art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres) / Emily Boone Hagenmaier.
Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Questioning the Appropriateness of Human Models for Understanding Bereavement as Applied to the Experience of Companion Animal Loss through EuthanasiaSection 3 Mourning; The Saying Hallo Metaphor as Alternative Approach to Death-Related Counselling; Remembering the Dead: Roadside Memorials in Ireland; "Untitled" (Queer Mourning and the Art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres); Contributors.
Summary Dying and death are topics of deep humane concern for many people in a variety of circumstances and contexts. However, they are not discussed to any great extent or with sufficient focus in order to gain knowledge and understanding of their major features and aspects. The present volume is an attempt to bridge the undesirable gap between what should be known and understood about dying and death and what is easily accessible. Included in the present volume are chapters arranged in three sections. First, there are chapters on aspects of dying, written by people who have professional experience and.
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Subject Death.
Death.
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Bereavement.
Bereavement.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kasher, Asa.
Other Form: Print version: Dying, assisted death and mourning. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009 9042025891 9789042025899 (OCoLC)428006934
ISBN 9781441616999 (electronic book)
1441616993 (electronic book)
9789042028807
9042028807
9042025891
9789042025899