Focusing on African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American subpopulations with Caucasians treated as a comparison group, text surveys the impact of cultural change on death attitudes. Discusses the trends on being informed of terminal prognosis and personal approaches toward funerals and mourning.
Foreword by Robert Kastenbaum
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1 Introduction
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2 An Overview of the Death-Ethnicity Relationship: Kalish and Reynolds
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3 Factors Influencing Death Attitudes: Kalish and Reynolds
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4 The Impact of Cultural Change on Death Attitudes
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5 The Present Study
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6 Analysis of Findings: Intrastudy Variability
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7 Analysis of Findings: Interstudy Variability
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8 Hypotheses Regarding Interstudy and Intrastudy Variability
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9 Discussion
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Appendix A: Summary of Results by Ethnicity, Age, and Gender for the Present Study
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Appendix B: Chi Square Comparisons of Kalish and Reynolds' Study With the Present Study's Results on Selected Items
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References
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Index
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