The psychology of death
Robert Kastenbaum.
Bok Engelsk 2000 Robert. Kastenbaum,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Springer, , 2000.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (329 p.)
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| Utgave | 3rd ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; 1 The Psychologist's Death: A Work in Progress; 2 How Do We Construct Death? A Developmental Approach; 3 Reconstructing Death in Adolescence and Adulthood; 4 Death in the Midst of Life; 5 A Will to Live and an Instinct to Die?; 6 Dying: Toward a Psychological Perspective; 7 Deathbed Scenes; Index. - In this extensively updated and revised edition, Dr. Kastenbaum continues to examine and expand upon issues of dying and the ways in which we shape and reshape our conceptions of death. New to the Third Edition are chapters on how we construct death; Death in adolescence and adulthood including discussion on suicide, physician assisted death and Regret Theory and Denial; new approaches to the role of death anxiety, Terror Management Theory, and Edge Theory, and much more. A major contribution to the literature -- this book is must reading for professionals and students of psychology, thanatolo
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| ISBN | 0826113001
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