Cultural changes in attitudes toward death, dying, and bereavement

By comparing the findings from Kalish's and Reynolds's landmark 1970's Death and Ethnicity Study to their own present study, Hayslip and Peveto examine the impact of cultural change on death attitudes. With a focus on African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American subpopulati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayslip, Bert (-)
Other Authors: Peveto, Cynthia A.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer c2005.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Springer series on death and suicide.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798345606719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 An Overview of the Death-Ethnicity Relationship: Kalish and Reynolds; 3 Factors Influencing Death Attitudes: Kalish and Reynolds; 4 The Impact of Cultural Change on Death Attitudes; 5 The Present Study; 6 Analysis of Findings: Intrastudy Variability; 7 Analysis of Findings: Interstudy Variability; 8 Hypotheses Regarding Interstudy and Intrastudy Variability; 9 Discussion; Appendix A: Summary of Results by Ethnicity, Age, and Gender for the Present Study; Appendix B: Chi Square Comparisons of Kalish and Reynolds' Study With the Present Study's Results on Selected Items; References; Index