Encyclopedia of Death and Dying

This A-Z volume provides readers with a wide range of information that draws from the arts, humanities, medicine, sciences and social sciences. The entries, written by leading specialists in the field, are based on the latest research and cover virtually every conceivable aspect of the subject: Abortion * Acceptance * Accidents * Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) * Aging * Ahimsa * All Souls' Day * Ancestors * Anthropology * Anxiety * Architecture * Ars Moriendi * Art History * Ashes * Assisted Suicide * Attitudes To Death * Banshee Bells * Bereavement * Historical Perspectives * Black Death * Body, Two Bodies Theory * Bowlby, John * Brain Death * Buddhism * Burial Rites * Care of Dying Children * Causes of Death * Cemeteries * Ceremonies * Churchyards * Clinical Assessment * Coffins * Coma * Communication With Dead * Complicated Grief *Consciousness * Coping * Death Certificate * Death Instinct * Death Notices * Death Of The King * Denial * Dreams Of Death * Aboriginal Attitudes to Death andDying * Eating the Dead * Epitaphs * Immortality * Near-Death Experiences * Pets, Death of * Tombs * Unbaptized Infants * Vampires * Wakes * And many more.