tailieunhanh - Macmillan EnCyclopedia of Death and Dying

The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying is a contribution to the understanding of life. Scientists and poets have long recognized that life and death are so intimately entwined that knowledge of one requires knowledge of the other. The Old Testament observes that “all flesh is as grass.” Religions have addressed the question of how one should live with the awareness of inevitable death. Often the answer has been based upon the vision of a life beyond death. Societies have developed systems of belief and practice to help their people cope with the prospect of death and the sorrow of grief. Children are often puzzled by the curious. | MACMILLAN ENCYCLOPEDIA of AND DYING MACMILLAN ENCyCLOPEDIA of DEATH AND DyiNG TO Editor in Chief Robert Kastenbaum Arizona State University Associate Editors James K. Crissman Benedictine University Michael C. Kearl Trinity University Brian L. Mishara University of Quebec Montreal Advisory Board Peter Berta PECS Hungary Sandra L. Bertman University of Massachusetts Medical School Simon Bockie University of California Berkeley Betty R. Ferrell City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte California Renée C. Fox University of Pennsylvania Allan Kellehear La Trobe University Australia Randolph Ochsmann University of Mainz Germany Frederick S. Paxton Connecticut College Dame Cicely Saunders St. Christopher s Hospice London Hannelore Wass University of .