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This title covers all aspects - biological, medical, social, sociological, psychological, cultural, religious, philosophical - of death and dying. The book also provides a historical perspective of death and dying through the ages. In almost all entries, the set gives ample coverage to non-US customs and attitudes, for example, in such articles as ""AIDS"", ""funeral industry"", ""infanticide"", and ""suicide.""

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In this two-volume set, noted scholar Kastenbaum strives to present a multidisciplinary and multicultural view of death ... . The result is a major resource, more complete and better organized than 2001's Encyclopedia of Death and Dying by Howarth and Leaman. The articles touch on many different cultural traditions .... The content can be easily accessed through a very complete and useful 78-page index. An appendix provides information about 75 organizations, and the 150 black-and-white images are relevant and valuable. Highly recommended. <br> -- Library Journal (April 2003)

In this two-volume set, noted scholar Kastenbaum strives to present a multidisciplinary and multicultural view of death ... . The result is a major resource, more complete and better organized than 2001's Encyclopedia of Death and Dying by Howarth and Leaman. The articles touch on many different cultural traditions .... The content can be easily accessed through a very complete and useful 78-page index. An appendix provides information about 75 organizations, and the 150 black-and-white images are relevant and valuable. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal (April 2003)

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