Title: Death in the midst of life : social and cultural influences on death, grief, and mourning /
Authors: Kamerman, Jack B.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Death Social aspects United States; Grief.
Contents: Introduction : death in the context of American life -- The social construction of death -- Death and social values -- Hospitals, hospices, and "homes" : institutional settings for dying as a role career -- The health-care professions and the management of death and dying -- Grief and bereavement in their social and cultural context -- Mourning, public and private -- Suicide -- Near-death experiences -- The death of pets -- Children and death -- Postscript : death in the midst of life.