The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying

by Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Albert Lee Strickland

Book Overview

The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and readable introduction to the study of death and dying. It directs attention to the evolving understanding of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073405469
• ISBN13: 9780073405469
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Book condition

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Good Overview of the Subject

These authors have been doing this series for a while, and have a good overall grasp of the issues involved in the areas of grief, loss, death and dying. There is also an associated website with summaries and flashcards. A good way to learn the basic terrain of the subject matter quickly and thoroughly. This was a prescribed book for me, and I bought several other books I thought would be good. This was the best of what I found for a historical and contemporary overview of the different parts and how they relate. For specialization in any area, look into that area elsewhere.

The Last Dance

It was an affordable option to the most current issue. Very few changes from previous additon and simply a fraction of the cost...

excellent

This book accomplishes a rare feat--appealing to those who would use it as a teaching guide but also so readable that the average reader will find it fascinating and invaluable. It is packed with illustrations as well as solid advice and history--from ancient funeral practices to today's arguments on assisted suicide. In between is every conceivable question and answer you could want on the subject of dying and death.