Product Description

A masterfully written supplementary text for courses on death and dying. Moller powerfully critiques how modern technology and bureaucracy, along with professional doctors, therapists, and funeral directors have come to dehumanize the experience of death for both the dying and their survivors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #176660 in Books
• Published on: 1996-01-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
Advance Praise for Confronting Death:

"This book breaks new ground. It is an encyclopaedic, thoughtful, well-crafted analysis of the American way of death, and should be regarded as a landmark in the future."--Vern Bengtson, Director, Social Sciences Division, Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California

"This book is a rich source of information and offers thoughtful reflection which can serve as a valuable text for a course exploring death and dying."--Maureen Muldoon, University of Windsor

About the Author
David Wendell Moller is at Indiana University.

Customer Reviews

great book
The condition of the book was just as they described it. I am pleased with the condition, and the book is really interesting. It's not the easiest thing to read, however, if you have recently experienced death in your life. The thanatology snapshots are great, but you might want to keep some tissues handy.