Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement,
9th Edition

1. Studying Dying, Death, and Bereavement.
2. The American Experience of Death.
3. Growing Up with Death/Growing Old with Death.
4. Perspectives on Death and Life after Death.
5. The Dying Process.
6. Living with Dying.
7. Dying in the American Health Care System.
8. Biomedical Issues and Euthanasia.
9. Suicide and Other Sudden, Unnatural Traumatic Deaths.
10. Diversity in Death Rituals.
11. The Business of Dying.
12. The Legal Aspects of Dying.
13. Coping With Loss.
14. Grieving Throughout the Life Cycle.

• Michael R. Leming

  Michael R. Leming, a professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at St. Olaf College in Minnesota (USA), taught courses on death and dying for over 35 years. For nearly 20 years, he also directed the Spring Semester in Thailand, a program affiliated with Chiang Mai University. In addition to his B.A. from Westmont College, M.A. from Marquette University and Ph.D. from the University of Utah, he has done graduate study at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Dr. Leming is co-editor (with George E. Dickinson) of ANNUAL EDITIONS: DYING, DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT, 15th edition (McGraw-Hill, 2017) and co-author of UNDERSTANDING FAMILIES: DIVERSITY, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE (Allyn & Bacon, 1990; Harcourt Brace, 1995). He is also co-editor (with Raymond DeVries and Brendan Furnish) of THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: A VALUE-COMMITTED INTRODUCTION (Zondervan, 1989; Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2009). In 1995 Dr. Leming produced the documentary film "The Karen of Musikhee: Rabbits in the Mouth of the Crocodile". His most recent film project was a documentary on the Karen produced by the BBC, for which he was the chief research consultant. The founder and former director of the St. Olaf College Social Research Center, Dr. Leming is a former member of the board of directors of the Minnesota Coalition on Terminal Care and the Northfield AIDS Response, and he has served as a hospice educator, volunteer and grief counselor. During Minnesota’s coldest months, he lives in Thailand.

• George E. Dickinson

  George E. Dickinson, a professor of sociology at the College of Charleston, South Carolina (USA), has been teaching courses on death and dying for over 40 years and has been actively involved as a hospice educator. Prior to coming to the College of Charleston in 1985, he taught in Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Kentucky. In addition to B.A. and M.A. degrees from Baylor University and a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, he completed postdoctoral studies in gerontology at Pennsylvania State University, thanatology at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine and medical sociology at the University of Connecticut. He was a visiting research fellow in palliative medicine at the University of Sheffield's School of Medicine in England in 1999, the International Observatory on End of Life Care in the Institute for Health Research at Lancaster University in England in 2006 and the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science’s Department of Animal Behavior and Welfare in England in 2013. Dr. Dickinson has published approximately 100 articles in professional journals, primarily on end-of-life issues, and has co-authored other books with Michael Leming, as noted above. Additionally, with Brenda Sanders, he published AGING IN THE FAMILY (Taylor & Francis Publishers, 2019). Dr. Dickinson serves on the international editorial board of MORTALITY (UK) and on the editorial review board of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE (US). His honors include the 2003 and 2008 South Carolina Governor’s Distinguished Professor Awards and the 2009 Death Educator Award from the Association of Death Education and Counseling. From the College of Charleston, he received the 2002 Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award and the 2008 Distinguished Research Award, and in 2018 he was the first recipient of the REACH program's Professor Recognition Award.

• Completely current, the Ninth Edition includes updated statistical material throughout as well as new information on opioids and suicide; critical sociology; middle-aged suicide; the internet, hotlines and suicide; murder rates in U.S. states; school shootings in the U.S. compared with other countries; suicide rates in the military related to post-traumatic stress; and more.

• Boxed inserts (Practical Matters, Listening to the Voices, Words of Wisdom and Death Across Cultures) are packed with new topics, including child life specialists, lessons for the end of life, resistance to pain medication across cultures, U.K. and U.S. prison hospice programs, animal hospices, veterinarians and end-of-life issues, capital punishment and the high cost of saying goodbye. A letter explains why one should always go to a funeral, while an intriguing story describes Hmong funeral traditions.

• Suggested annotated readings are provided at the end of each chapter to help students further explore the topics that most interest them.

• Boxed features provide a wealth of additional insight in four different categories: Practical Matters boxes offer helpful advice. Listening to the Voices boxes present excerpted material from people sharing about their own experiences with dying and death. Words of Wisdom boxes contain insights from excerpted poems, literature and other sources. Death Across Cultures boxes examine cross-cultural examples of death practices and beliefs.

• The authors seek to sensitize students to the subject of dying, death and bereavement; help learners adjust to the death of a significant other; encourage individuals to examine their own feelings and reactions to death and grieving; and make readers aware of different cultural groups' death and bereavement customs.

• With more than 80 years of combined experience teaching and researching dying, death and bereavement, the authors deliver practical advice, personal anecdotes, thought-provoking prose and cross-cultural examples of death practices and beliefs.

• The text's comprehensive coverage draws from the disciplines of cultural anthropology, psychology, philosophy, religion, history, health science, family studies, social work, gerontology and sociology.

• Chapter summaries, discussion questions, a glossary and suggested readings encourage individual study and serve as review tools to highlight key concepts -- helping students maximize their study time and course success.

• The text draws from the disciplines of cultural anthropology, psychology, philosophy, religion, history, health science, family studies, social work, gerontology, and sociology.

• Chapter summaries, discussion questions, a glossary, and suggested readings encourage individual study and serve as review aids to outline the important points of each chapter.

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