10/8/09 11:09:33 AM10/8/09 11:09:33 AM JOHN F. SZABO DYING THANATOLOGICAL LITERATURE AND AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE DEATH DEATH
SZABO DEATH AND DYING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THANATOLOGICAL LITERATURE , John F. , John F. is director of the Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System. He is the author is director of the Atlanta–Fulton Public Death and Dying: An Annotated Bibliography of the Thanatological Literature Annotated Bibliography of the Thanatological Death and Dying: An Szabo provides more than 2,200 citations of monographs, many annotated, on the sci- Szabo provides more than 2,200 citations the areas addressed are the psychological, ence and study of death and dying. Among coping and dealing with the burdens of care- philosophical, and attitudinal aspects; instructional and educational topics giving and working in the helping professions; providers; cultural differences in bereavement for practitioners, primarily healthcare In addition, notable titles on or relating to death rituals; and grief, mourning, and loss. c in literature, methods of death, or specifi and dying in popular culture, death themes contribute important infor- or public issues are also included when they ethical, policy, book focuses. mation to subject areas on which the academics, caregivers, Death and Dying will be helpful to students, researchers, social workers, and anyone interested in healthcare professionals, psychologists, the terminally ill. death, dying, bereavement, or care of JOHN F. SZABO JOHN F. Reference • Bibliography—Thanatology Reference the broad and ned as the study of is defi term thanatology to the 1700s, the Traced material and the of the published of the breadth of death. Because complex topic nding and and catalogs, fi in large bibliographic databases challenges of discovery bereavement can be extremely material on death, dying, grief, and identifying monographic been published on thanatology, several bibliographical resources have challenging. Although heavily toward one area of the limited in scope, or leaned those titles were incomplete, while ignoring others. eld fi In of Mortuary Science: A Sourcebook (Scarecrow Press, 1993). For orders and information please contact the publisher SCARECROW PRESS, INC. A wholly owned subsidiary of eld Publishing Group, Inc. The Rowman & Littlefi 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200 Lanham, Maryland 20706 1-800-462-6420 • fax 717-794-3803 www.scarecrowpress.com DeathDyingPODLITH.indd 1DeathDyingPODLITH.indd 1 Death and Dying
An Annotated Bibliography of the Thanatological Literature
John F. Szabo
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Szabo, John F., 1968– Death and dying : an annotated bibliography of the thanatological literature / John F. Szabo. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8108-7275-2 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8108-7276-9 (ebook) 1. Death—Bibliography. 2. Thanatology—Bibliography. I. Title. Z5725.S93 2010 016.1559'37—dc22 2009029795