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Peer reviewedHendin, Herbert – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1995
A study illustrates how legal sanction promotes a culture that transforms suicide into assisted suicide and encourages choosing death when faced with serious illness. The question of extending legal euthanasia to those not physically ill complicates the issue. Also, doctors may feel they can end a terminally-ill patient's life without consent.…
Descriptors: Civil Law, Euthanasia, Grief, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWeitzman, Alan G. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1999
Gives objectives for and an outline of topics covered in a course designed to examine the dynamics of death and dying. (WRM)
Descriptors: Bereavement, Course Descriptions, Death, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedLivneh, Hanoch; And Others – Death Studies, 1995
Discusses progeria (or Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome), a rare childhood disorder that invariably results in death during adolescence. Describes the major medical aspects of progeria, and discusses the psychosocial implications of the disorder with particular emphasis on grief-triggered reactions. Presents an overview of psychosocial intervention…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Bereavement, Children, Coping
