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Coping With the Final Tragedy: Cultural Variation in Dying and Grieving (Perspectives on Death and Dying Series)
Coping With the Final Tragedy Cultural Variation in Dying and Grieving - Perspectives on Death and Dying Series Author:David R. Counts ABOUT THE BOOK Grief and death are experiences shared by all humanity and, so far as we know, Homo sapiens is the only species that lives in the anticipation of death. We are the only ones who have special beliefs that give meaning to death and the rules instructing us how to die and how to cope with our loss when death strikes those we care fo... more »r. This book as a whole emphasizes common concerns shared by all humanity while the volume chapters emphasize various cultural diversities, and the remarkable varieties in the ways that people understood and experience death and grief. The articles in this new text demonstrate these differences and provide insight into human resourcefulness and ingenuity as people cope with death, the final tragedy.« less