Introduction / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young
Culture and religion / Colin Murray Parkes, Pittu Laungani and Bill Young
Grief in small-scale societies / Paul C. Rosenblatt
Death in a Hindu family / Pittu Laungani
A death on the roof of the world : the perspective of Tibetan Buddhism / Uwe P. Gielen
Jewish views and customs on death / Ellen Levine
Christianity / Harold Ter Blanche and Colin Murray Parkes
The many facets of Islam : death, dying and disposal between orthodox rule and historical convention / Gerdien Jonker
Secularization / Tony Walter
Childhood, death and bereavement across cultures / Bill Young and Danai Papadatou
Help for the dying and bereaved / Colin Murray Parkes
Conclusions I : implications for practice and policy / Pittu Laungani
Conclusions II : attachments and losses in cross-cultural perspective / Colin Murray Parkes.
