Facing Death
Where Culture, Religion, and Medicine Meet
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Author
Contributions
- Howard Spiro (Editor) - Contributor
- Lee Palmer Wandel (Editor) - Contributor
- Mary G. McCrea Curnen (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
1996-09-25 - Yale University Press
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10318262M
- ISBN-139780300063493
- ISBN-100300063490
- OCLC Control Number34117429
- Library of Congress Control Number96002487
and 2 more
- LibraryThing4733596
- Goodreads3918875
Classifications
- LCCR726.8 .F33 1996
Description
This is an important manual for those professionally involved with the dying, as well as a treatment & consolation for private readers. It brings together medical and humanities experts, to reflect on medical, cultural and religious responses to death.
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Other Editions
- Facing Death: Where Culture, Religion, and Medicine Meet
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