Publisher description for Dealing creatively with death : a manual of death education and simple burial / Ernest Morgan.
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This book is a true classic-more than 300,000 copies have
been sold in its various editions. With every edition, it has grown
and improved. Jessica Mitford, in a foreword to the book, credits
it as a major influence in the research and writing of her
all-time best seller, The American Way of Death.
Ernest Morgan worked with us conscientiously to
update and improve the material, to make it the best edition
ever. By the fall of 2000, with his final approval, we sent the
book to the printer, with a formal publication date of January,
2001. While the book was at the printer, Ernest passed away, at
age 95. He left behind a magnificent book.
Dealing Creatively with Death is a small
encyclopedia on death-related problems: social, emotional,
philosophical and practical. It is written simply and
sensitively, drawing substantially on direct experience. It
includes the following, along with reference sources:
- DEATH EDUCATION-As a preparation for living.
Facts, philosophy, advice that everyone needs. A text for
classes.
- LIVING WITH DYING-The philosophy and practice of
hospice. Personal experience in home care. Relating to a dying
person. Home care for AIDS patients.
- BEREAVEMENT-Personal experiences. Group support.
Dealing creatively with grief. How death can illuminate life.
- THE RIGHT TO DIE-The right to decline treatment.
The problem of suicide. Helping someone to die. How to plan
ahead.
- SIMPLE BURIAL AND CREMATION-Why are most funerals
costly? The values of simplicity. Methods of Planning. Advice on
pre-need contracts.
- FUNERAL CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS-Democratic,
nonprofit societies, affiliated with the national Funeral
Consumers Alliance. These volunteer groups help families get the
services they want at prices they can afford.
- DEATH CEREMONIES-Important in meeting the social
and emotional needs of the survivors. How to plan them. Examples.
- HOW THE DEAD CAN HELP THE LIVING-How to bequeath
bodies, tissues and organs to save lives and help train doctors.
Details.
And of course, there is much more. Gathered together and written
by a kind, gentle, and brilliant man who devoted much of his life
to helping others understand, and accept, death.
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