Life/Death: Dipping Our Toes in the Water
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Copyright: 2023
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Life / Death… Dipping Our Toes in the Water… (2nd Edition), authored by Bonnie Luft and Regina Easley-Young, is presented in a practical and interactive digital format designed to offer meaningful insight into the one universal experience we all share—death. This eBook moves beyond being a simple collection of facts to memorize; instead, it invites readers on a journey of exploration—into both the study of death and a deeper understanding of their own lives.
Created as a resource for reflection and discovery, this edition serves as a springboard for meaningful discussion and personal growth. While ideal for courses in colleges and universities, it also lends itself to professional and community settings such as hospitals, hospices, non-profit organizations, and even select secondary education programs.
The authors recognize that the study of death education extends far beyond what can be contained within one text. With that in mind, they have carefully selected themes and digital resources intended to expand knowledge, spark curiosity, and provide valuable tools that readers can carry with them throughout life. Their hope is that readers not only gain academic and intellectual understanding but also cultivate a deeper appreciation for how life and death reflect and inform one another. By gently “dipping our toes in the water,” readers are invited to develop a more mature, thoughtful, and compassionate perspective on this profoundly human subject.
Each digital chapter is thoughtfully structured to promote engagement and self-guided learning through four integrated components—Read, Reflect, React, and Recommended Terms/Important People/Websites:
- READ: Delivers foundational and professional insights, conversations, techniques, and stories on each topic, with features that support note-taking and highlighting within the eBook.
- REFLECT: Offers thought-provoking questions and meaningful quotes that encourage personal contemplation and emotional awareness surrounding life and death.
- REACT: Includes interactive activities and prompts designed to help readers apply what they’ve learned in practical and personal ways.
- RECOMMENDED TERMS / IMPORTANT PEOPLE / WEBSITES: Provides quick-access references, notable figures in the field, and curated digital links for continued exploration and learning.
Chapter 1: Awareness of Death… “Dipping our toes in the water”
Chapter 2: Living Every Day… “Up close and personal”
Chapter 3: Fears of Death… “Do we have to talk about THAT?”
Chapter 4: Good Death… “Is there such a thing?”
Chapter 5: Hospice… “Comfort on a journey”
Chapter 6: Listening and Good Manners at the End of Life… “The gift of presence”
Chapter 7: Physicians and Medical Choices… “Choices-Choices…Decisions-Decisions”
Chapter 8: Legal Issues in Death… “Are there really documents for dying?”
Chapter 9: Today’s Debates… “What are we facing?”
Chapter 10: Children and Death… “This Can’t Be!”
Chapter 11: Pets and Death… “Where did Fluffy go?”
Chapter 12: Funerals and Body Disposition… “Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust”
Chapter 13: Grief – Bereavement – Mourning… “It’s about remembering”
Chapter 14: Hope on the Journey… “The gift of living life”
Chapter 15: R.I.P: Research – Investigate – Present… “Yes, you have to get up in front of the class.”
Regina Easley-Young is adjunct faculty at Baylor University in the department of Public Health. Additionally, she is part of the Paul L. Foster Success Center where she is the Program Manager for Student Outreach in the Center for Academic Success and Engagement.
Regina is originally from Tennessee but has called Texas home for many years. She lives in Waco, Texas, with her husband. They have two adult children and two grandchildren.