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Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement

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Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement - Hayslip Jr, Bert, PhD (Editor), and Peveto, Cynthia A, PhD
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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 subpopulations, with Caucasians treated as a comparison group, the authors come to several conclusions, including: the shift toward more interest in being informed of one's own terminal prognosis a more personal approach to funerals and mourning ...

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Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement 2004, Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780826127969

Hardcover