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Handbook of Thanatology: The essen�al body of knowledge

for the study of death, dying, and bereavement (Third edi�on)

Edited by Heather L. Servaty-Seib and Helen Stanton Chapple


Copyright © 2021 The Associa�on for Death Educa�on and Counseling, Inc. All rights
reserved.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Introduction
Mapping of Handbook Chapters to the BoK Outline

Chapter 1. Medicolegal Criteria of Death: Ethics, Medical Determination,


and Controversy
James M. Hitt and David Lapides

Chapter 2. Death-Related Attitudes and Perspectives


Joachim Wittkowski and Rachel E. Menzies

Chapter 3. Epidemiologic and Demographic Aspects of Palliative Care and


Related Bereavement
Stephen R. Connor and Simon Shimshon Rubin

Chapter 4. End of Life: Preparation and Decision Making


Andy Hau Yan Ho, Geraldine Tan-Ho, and Timothy Copeland

Chapter 5. End of Life: An Examination of Theory, Communication,


Culture, and Ethics
Maureen P. Keeley and Nasreen Lalani

Chapter 6. End of Life: Care of the Dying


Laurie Lyckholm, Kate Norton, and Julia Downing

Chapter 7. Cultural Aspects of End-of-Life Care


Leslie J. Blackhall and Kunchok Gyaltsen

Chapter 8. Memorialization and Death-Related Rituals


William G. Hoy, Carl B. Becker, and Margaret L. Holloway

Chapter 9. Loss, Grief, and Mourning


Kenneth J. Doka and Amy Y. M. Chow
Chapter 10. Foundational Grief Theories
J. William Worden, Phyllis Kosminsky, and Philip Carverhill

Chapter 11. Contemporary Grief Theories


Kathleen R. Gilbert and Catriona Macpherson

Chapter 12. Grief Following Extended Illness


Sherry R. Schachter, Geok Ling Lee, and Gilbert Fan

Chapter 13. Grief Following Sudden Nonvolitional Deaths


Louis A. Gamino, Jane Mowll, and Nancy S. Hogan
Chapter 14. Grief Following Suicide
Vanessa L. McGann, Diana C. Sands, and Nina Gutin

Chapter 15. Grief Following Homicide


Tashel Bordere, Alyssa Rheingold, and Joah Williams

Chapter 16. Grief Following Mass Tragedies


Maria-Helena Pereira Franco and Ruth Malkinson

Chapter 17. Problematic Grief


Evgenia (Jane) Milman, Robert A. Neimeyer, and Paul A. Boelen

Chapter 18. Death Education


Janet McCord, Rebecca S. Morse, and Norma Hirsch

Chapter 19. Professional Practice: The Importance of Self


Lauren J. Breen and Carrie Arnold

Chapter 20. An Abbreviated History of the Field of Thanatology


David E. Balk

Chapter 21. Social Representations of Death and the Death System


Carla So�ka and Stacey Pitsillides

Chapter 22. Non-Death Losses


Darcy Harris and Judith Murray

Index

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