TY - BOOK AU - Mosher,Lucinda TI - Personhood, illness, and death in America's multifaith neighborhoods: a practical guide SN - 9781785927843 AV - BL65.M4 M67 2018 U1 - 201.661 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Jessica Kingsley KW - Death KW - United States KW - Religious aspects KW - Terminal care KW - Loss (Psychology) KW - Medicine KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Psychological aspects KW - Religion and Medicine KW - Religious Philosophies KW - Cultural Diversity KW - Personhood KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice KW - Attitude to Death KW - Mort KW - Aspect religieux KW - Soins en phase terminale KW - Perte (Psychologie) KW - Aspect psychologique KW - fast KW - Religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- What We Are; Where do we come from?; Where are we going?; Being human -- When We're Ailing ; Attitudes toward illness; "Traditional" versus "Western"; Multiple faiths in the hospital; Spiritual caregivers -- Postponing Death, Extending Life; Life-extending technology; Organ transplantation; Allowing natural death -- Transition; When death is imminent; Once death has come; Disposing of the body; Death's demands -- Recovery; Mourning at the time of death; The mid-stages of grieving; Anniversaries; When loss is multi-religious; Reflections N2 - This book explores the varied attitudes of different mainstream faith traditions in the US towards care for the dying, end of life issues, and grief and mourning. Interwoven with interviews and personal stories from people of many different faiths, it considers matters of healthcare, end-of-life issues, death, grieving and memorializing. -- Provided by publisher UR - https://catalog.easterncluster.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=707331 ER -