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Death and Dying

By: Sarah L. Swedberg
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:AIDS memorial quilt; cemeteries; death; good death; hospices; memorials; quilting

Death is a universal in society, yet one's life expectancy and feelings about death and dying are shaped by time and place, ethnicity, culture, and social status. Medical advances have vastly increased life expectancy in many parts of the world, which ...

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  Swedberg, S. (2014). Death and dying. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 328-330). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n146
  
  Swedberg, Sarah L. "Death and Dying." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 328-30. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n146.
  
  Swedberg, S. 2014. Death and Dying. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 328-330 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n146> [Accessed 11 May 2021].
  
  Swedberg, Sarah L. "Death and Dying." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 328-30. SAGE Knowledge. 11 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n146.
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