UID:
almahu_9948234060502882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 187 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511760488 (ebook)
Content:
This book examines the reactions of the friends and family of those who elect to die due to terminal illness. These surviving spouses, partners, relatives and friends, in addition to coping with the death of a loved one, must also deal with the loved one's decision to die, thus severing the relationship. C. G. Prado examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs, particularly those related to life, death and the possibility of an afterlife. Understanding the role of these cultural influences on the grieving processes of survivors is a crucial step in allowing them to accept both intellectually and emotionally the finality of elective death and to deal with the decision of their loved one.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Foreword: emotions, feelings, and thoughts / by Wesley Boston -- Laying the groundwork -- Feelings: their influences and control -- Culture's elusive role -- Revising the criterion for rational elective death -- Two philosophical challenges -- Survivors' responses -- Accepting finality -- Appendix: belief in an afterlife.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521114769
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511760488
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511760488
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