This book considers what exactly cross-cultural counselling and psychotherapy mean. Illustrated by case studies, it provides theoretical knowledge and practical advice for all practicing and training counsellors and psychotherapists.
This book considers what exactly cross-cultural counselling and psychotherapy mean. Illustrated by case studies, it provides theoretical knowledge and...
This unique textbook eloquently introduces students to international perspectives on cross-cultural psychology (both Eastern and Western cultures), adopting a truly accessible narrative approach throughout. The main thrust of the book's content is to discuss the framework of culture, family structure, health, and bereavement. Intercultural interaction-and all of their intersections-and consideration are also given to methodological and ethical research issues and their application to differing cultures.
This unique textbook eloquently introduces students to international perspectives on cross-cultural psychology (both Eastern and Western cultures), ad...
All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and although Western science has had a major impact on how people die, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many whose work brings them into contact with the dying and the bereaved from Western and other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support.
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures 2nd Edition is a handbook which meets the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, hospital...
All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and although Wester...
All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and although Western science has had a major impact on how people die, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many whose work brings them into contact with the dying and the bereaved from Western and other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support.
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures 2nd Edition is a handbook which meets the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, hospital...
All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and although Wester...
This final volume of --Death and Bereavement Around the World-- reflects on some major themes: death and after-life, religion and spirituality, rites and rituals, secularist approaches, cultural variations, suicide, and other issues. The first few chapters describe progress in end-of-life care, including some new tools to evaluate hospice care (chapter 1); what children know, when they know it, and how parents can respond to questions, with some guidelines for support by schools (chapter 2); the importance of ritual (chapter 3); and, gender differences in death customs around the world...
This final volume of --Death and Bereavement Around the World-- reflects on some major themes: death and after-life, religion and spirituality, rit...
The make-up of the contemporary nation-state is increasingly multiethnic and statistics show that in many cases no one group is numerically the largest. Interethnic relations are given global visibility by the media while much that happens among different groups depends on context. Editors John D. Morgan (King's College, London) and Pittu Laungani (South Bank and Manchester Universities, England) have gathered leading international authorities to produce Death and Bereavement Around the World the first of a five-volume presentation and analysis of the ways different peoples experience...
The make-up of the contemporary nation-state is increasingly multiethnic and statistics show that in many cases no one group is numerically the lar...
