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Article: 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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- China Review International
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- September 22, 2006
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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 ...