Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death, and Grief: Diversity in Universality, Part 4Donald P. Irish, Kathleen F. Lundquist, Vivian Jenkins Nelsen This volume is directed towards professionals who work in the fields concerning death and dying. These professionals must perceive the needs of people with cultural patterns which are different from the standard and dominant patterns in the United States and Canada. Accordingly, the book includes illustrative episodes and in-depth presentations of selected ethnic patterns.; Each of the ethnic chapters is written by an author who shares the cultural traditions the chapter describes. Other chapters examine multicultural issues and provide the means for personal reflection on death and dying. There are also two bibliographic sections, one general and one geared towards children. The text is divided into three sections - Cross-Cultural and Personal perspectives, Dying, Death, and Grief Among Selected Ethnic Communities, and Reflections and Conclusions.; The book is aimed at those in the fields of clinical psychology, grief therapy, sociology, nursing, social and health care work. |
Contents
Situations Personally Encountered | 4 |
CrossCultural Variation in the Experience Expression | 13 |
References | 19 |
Experiencing Deaths as an Adult | 26 |
Grief Awareness | 36 |
MultiCultural Awareness | 42 |
DYING DEATH AND GRIEF AMONG SELECTED | 49 |
African American Funeral Patterns in Transition | 56 |
Actions Before or After the Death | 156 |
Reflections by Professional Practitioners | 163 |
Nurses | 170 |
Morticians | 176 |
Conclusions | 181 |
Concluding Insights about Death and Grief | 187 |
CanadaSummary | 193 |
Personal Reflections on the African | 201 |
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