Cultural Changes In Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, And Bereavement

Hayslip and Peveto compare the findings from the landmark 1970's Kalish and Reynolds' Death and Ethnicity Study to their own present study and examine the impact of cultural change on death attitudes. Focusing on African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American subpopulations with Caucasians treated as a comparison group, the authors explore to what extent what we knew 30 years ago holds up to the present. Several broad findings include: the shift toward more interest in being informed of one's own terminal prognosis, a more personal approach to funerals and mourning observances, and a greater focus on family and relationships.Hayslip, Bert is the author of 'Cultural Changes In Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, And Bereavement', published 2004 under ISBN 9780826127969 and ISBN 0826127967.