Personhood, illness, and death in America's multifaith neighborhoods
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Lucinda Mosher
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781785927843
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Religion; Loss (Psychology); Death; Medicine; Religious aspects; Terminal care
Description: "This book explores the varied attitudes of different mainstream faith traditions in the US towards care for the dying, end of life issues, and grief and mourning. Interwoven with interviews and personal stories from people of many different faiths, it considers matters of healthcare, end-of-life issues, death, grieving and memorializing"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: What we are. What Are We? ; Where do we come from? ; Where are we going? ; Being human; title: When We're Ailing. Attitudes toward illness ; "Traditional" versus "Western" ; Multiple faiths in the hospital ; Spiritual caregivers; title: Postponing Death, Extending Life. Life-extending technology ; Organ transplantation ; Allowing natural death; title: Transition. When death is imminent ; Once death has come ; Disposing of the body ; Death's demands; title: Recovery. Mourning at the time of death ; The mid-stages of grieving ; Anniversaries ; When loss is multi-religious ; Reflections.