Death, Value and Meaning Series
Ethical Issues in the Care of the Dying and Bereaved Aged
1st Edition
By Morgan John
January 31, 1996
Our problems seemingly develop faster than our ability to cope with those problems. The blessing of longer life has brought with it a host of new issues faced by the elderly, their families, and their caregivers. "Ethical Issues in the Care of the Dying and Bereaved Aged", twenty-three essays by ...
Fading away: The Experience of Transition in Families with Terminal Illness
1st Edition
By Betty Davies PhD.
June 15, 1995
This book comes out of an in-depth, qualitative study of the experiences of twenty-three families in which one parent was dying of cancer. The study attempted to better understand the impact of terminal illness on the entire family system and sought to develop a theoretical framework that would ...
Personal Care in an Impersonal World: A Multidimensional Look at Bereavement
1st Edition
By John Morgan
November 11, 1993
The purpose of this volume is to ask and propose a positive answer to the question: "Can we attend to the personhood of individuals within systems and cultures which are mass oriented?" One of the most interesting changes in contemporary thinking has been the emphasis on the unique person. While ...
Death and Spirituality
1st Edition
By Kenneth Doka, John Morgan
February 28, 1993
An elderly Chinese immigrant, hospitalized with terminal disease, requests to burn incense. A 30-year-old Roman Catholic gay male, dying of AIDS, is consumed by deepening moral guilt, troubled by beliefs he thought he abandoned years ago. A mother whose teenage son died of an aneurism is angry at ...
Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning Process
1st Edition
By Greg Mogenson
June 15, 1992
This book, written in the genre of "Imaginal Psychology", presents the imaginal dimension of the mourning process. The "angels" it greets are the interior figures who greet the bereaved during the course of their mourning process. In memory, reverie, and dream, images of the dead return to heal and...
Spiritual, Ethical, and Pastoral Aspects of Death and Bereavement
1st Edition
By Gerry Cox, Ronald Fundis
June 15, 1992
This collection of previously unpublished essays addresses a wide range of topics relevant to the on-going debates regarding dying and death and the subtleties, nuances, and complexities accompanying these phenomena. The authors have attempted to contribute their experiences, insights, and research...