1. DEATH STIJDIES
Counseling . Research . Education' Care ' Ethics
ROBERT A. NEIMEYER, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief. Departrnent of Psychology . University of Memphis 'Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Tel.: (901) 678-4680. Fax: (901) 678-2579' E-mail: neimeyer@memphis.edu
To the Principal
Medical College for Women and Hospital
Uttara Model Town
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dear Sir.
I am pleased to inform you that in my role as a Professor of Psychology at the
University of Memphis, I have recommended the recent book by Dr.
Mohammad Samir Hossain, Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry
of your medical college, entitled Quest for a lVew Deqth: Deqth and Adjustment
Hypotheses, for adoption by our university library. As a long-time researcher in
the field of death attitudes and as editor of the leading international journal in
the area, Death Studies, I am keenly aware that nearly all of the 2,000 or more
scientific studies in the field are conducted in the West, and as such are
constrained, often invisibly, by the Christian or Jewish cultural frame shared by
the populations studied. It is a welcome development to add an Islamic voice to
the disciplinary discourse, especially one that is informed by empirical research
that is beginning to find its way into the peer reviewed literature. As you likely
are aware, Professor Hossain's is at once passionate and reflective, and is one
that underscores our common humanity. As such, I trust that it will form the
foundation for further studies in this area, and I am pleased that a major medical
institution in your country supports such pioneering work that holds promise of
offering insights into death related concerns ofrelevance to a broad spectrum of
patients and the general public.
Congratulations once more on the publication of this book, and the launching of
the research program it represents.
frl) Roberl A. Neirneyer, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Memphis
USA
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