Some Personal Reflections on the History and Current Status of Textbooks in the Field of Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13629326
AutoresCharles A Corr (0000-0002-4138-2979, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume93
Fascículo2
Páginas302228241247590-302228241247590
Data de publicação2024-06-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228241247590
PMID38841770
OpenAlexW4399385841
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas21

This article is a contribution to recording one dimension of the history of education in the field of death, dying, and bereavement. It offers some personal reflections on the history and current status of textbooks in our field that have been or are currently published in North America. The scope of this reflection looks back on the earliest textbooks in this field published in the 1960s and 1970s and extends to textbooks published in the early 2020s. Critical comments are offered on general trends or on textbooks that are no longer in print, but not on individual titles that are currently available for adoption and instructional use. Because I am the lead author of one such textbook, I do not choose to engage in invidious comparisons. Instead, this article includes descriptions of contemporary textbooks taken from the Amazon website

Dimension (graph theory · Field (mathematics · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology