Death & Dying, Life & Living

by Charles Corr, Donna Corr, Kenneth Doka

Practical and inspiring, Corr/Corr/Doka's DEATH & DYING, LIFE & LIVING, 9th EDITION, helps you learn how to navigate encounters with death, dying and bereavement. The authors emphasize ways that individuals and families can cope with life-threatening illness, loss, grief, funerals and other death-related topics -- including how to communicate constructively in the face of death. You'll learn about aided death, the COVID-19 pandemic, Alzheimer's disease and other life-altering conditions and prominent causes of death. You'll read personal stories and vignettes highlighting how death-related encounters, attitudes and practices are affected by cultural, religious and other real-life perspectives. You will also discover that you can gain important lessons about life and living from the study of death, dying and bereavement.

768 pages, Paperback

Published January 24, 2024

Reviews

[Michelle Roques · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for my masters. If it’s on Goodreads it counts towards my reading goal. Fight me.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the texts I read studying for an exam; it was very enlightening and a much more engaging read then the other, drier texts.