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DEATH EDUCATION

AS IT IS SAID, A Selected, Annotated Bibliography in Death & Dying
9th ed.,David K. Meagher, Ph.D., Editor. (Brooklyn College Thanatology Program)

So many thanatology books are being published now that it has become almost impossible to keep up. This bibliography offers timely reviews enabling the researcher to knowledgeably select those that supply the information they seek. Also supplies abstracts of unpublished mastersŐ theses. An indispensable tool for scholars and teachers.

2003 11th edition, $25.00 (includes postage) Download Order Form

A PRIMER ON DEATH & DYING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS & HOUSE OFFICERS
Richard S. Blacher, M.D. Psychiatry, Tufts School of Medicine, Eric J. Cassell, M.D., Arthur C. Carr, M.D., James M. Cimino, M.D., Harlan Kutscher, M.D., & Bernard Schoenberg, M.D.

Addresses the problems confronting students when learning to care for a dying patient. It deals with physicians' unexplored attitudes about death, and takes into account the views of patients and family while focusing on to medical and ethical demands which add complications for treatment. This book addresses the physical, psychological and social aspects of the terminal patient's status, and the effect of the interactions between physician, patient and family.

Dr. Blacher is a Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Lecturer of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.

2004 68 pp., ISBN-0-930194-91-8, Paper, $14.95 Download Order Form

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