num_pages: 677
description: Practical and inspiring, this best-selling book helps students learn to cope with encounters with death, dying, and bereavement. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and include four substantial chapters devoted to death-related issues faced by children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. In addition, the text discusses a variety of cultural and religious perspectives that impact individuals' understandings and practices associated with such encounters. The book also offers practical guidelines for constructive communication designed to encourage productive living in the face of death.
language: English
title: Death and Dying: Life and Living (with InfoTrac)
titlecomplete: Death and Dying: Life and Living (with InfoTrac) (Available Titles CengageNOW)
genres: Textbooks, Psychology, School, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing