As a result of becoming frustrated over the amount of resources available to student about death, Leming (2011) was inspired to write the book “Understanding dying, death and bereavement”. He contacted a friend, former colleague, Dickerson, to co-author the book with him. So, to provide their readers with adequate information about understanding dynamics of death, these two authors begin their research to gather new information since many changes had occurred over the years as to how people embraced the terms “death, dying and bereavement.” According to Leming and Dickerson (2011), this book will prepare the readers with the essential information to both comprehend and manage the social views of dying, death, and bereavement.
Leming and Dickerson (2011) realized that the people of America are no longer afraid to talk about death, but is more intrigued to learn about it, possibly due to all the chaos encountered on a daily basis that result in someone dying. As a way to address death in its …show more content…
Using the Kubler-Ross stages of the dying process, the author’s processed with the reader that it is normal to have diverse feelings when going through the dying process. As they commented, there are several contributing components that influence the meaning of death such as, space, time, values, role and self as well as the position the person holds as it relates to the dying person. Of course, they did not forget to inform their readers how painful it is living with a dying person as they note that people become so overwhelmed in how expensive the cost of living is that they forget about the cost of dying. It is not until the death have occurred that reality strike, especially where there is a lack of insurance or health care assistance. Now, instead of only grieving the death of the loss, the heartache gets bigger from the expenses
Leming and Dickerson (2011) realized that the people of America are no longer afraid to talk about death, but is more intrigued to learn about it, possibly due to all the chaos encountered on a daily basis that result in someone dying. As a way to address death in its …show more content…
Using the Kubler-Ross stages of the dying process, the author’s processed with the reader that it is normal to have diverse feelings when going through the dying process. As they commented, there are several contributing components that influence the meaning of death such as, space, time, values, role and self as well as the position the person holds as it relates to the dying person. Of course, they did not forget to inform their readers how painful it is living with a dying person as they note that people become so overwhelmed in how expensive the cost of living is that they forget about the cost of dying. It is not until the death have occurred that reality strike, especially where there is a lack of insurance or health care assistance. Now, instead of only grieving the death of the loss, the heartache gets bigger from the expenses