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Cecilia Lai Wan Chan and Amy Yin Man Chow, editors. Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Hong Kong Chinese Experience.(Book review)
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September 22, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Cecilia Lai Wan Chan and Amy Yin Man Chow, editors. Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Hong Kong Chinese Experience. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. xxv, 357 pp. Paperback $32.50, ISBN 962-209-787-1.
Edited by two professors at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong, this new book--with its detailed index, ample endnotes, and Chinese characters embedded in the text--is a veritable encyclopedia of information on a topic that has hardly been touched by Western academia. Although highly relevant to the understanding of Chinese religion and society, beliefs and practices surrounding death and dying are not core issues ...
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