Horrendous Death, Health, and Well-being

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Daniel Leviton
Taylor & Francis, 1991 - 366 pages
The theme of this book is that a host of causes of death are fashioned by people, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally. It argues that horrendous death is the greatest public health problem of the 20th century and the greatest threat to the future, surpassing AIDS and natural disasters. However, because horrendous deaths are caused by man, they can be eliminated by man if collective minds and will are brought to bear on the task. The final cause of the book is to motivate the reader into action to eliminate horrendous death.
 

Contents

Adolescents and Young Adults Response to HorrendousType Death
15
References
29
A Reconceptualization Evan Stark
109
A Universal Problem Israel W Charny
137
Terrorism Assassination and Political Torture Dan B Fleming
157
Introduction
175
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184
Correlates of MorbidityMortality
191
Malnutrition Starvation and Death Phillips Foster
205
Accidents Marian I Dixon and Harvey E Clearwater
219
Ernest Becker and the Problem of Horrendous Death John D Morgan
228
Introduction
241
Childrens Response to the Nuclear Threat
265
Horrendous Death as a Global Community Health Problem Daniel Leviton
321
Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War An Annotated Mediagraphy
341
Index
359

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