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Preface | |
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Prologue | |
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Attitudes Toward Death: A Climate of Change | |
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Factors Affecting Familiarity with Death | |
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Expressions of Attitudes Toward Death | |
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The Present Milieu: Death Attitudes and Awareness | |
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Examining Assumptions | |
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Further Readings | |
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Learning About Death: The Influence of Sociocultural Forces | |
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A Mature Concept of Death | |
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Development of the Understanding of Death | |
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Sociocultural Influences on Our Understanding of Death | |
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Theoretical Perspectives on Society and Culture | |
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Death in Contemporary Multicultural Societies | |
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The Mature Concept of Death Revisited | |
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Further Readings | |
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Perspectives on Death: Cross-Cultural and Historical | |
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Early, Primitive, and Traditional Cultures | |
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Western Culture | |
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Cultural Case Studies | |
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Rediscovering the Commemoration of Death | |
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Further Readings | |
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Health Care Systems: Patients, Staff, and Institutions | |
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Modern Health Care | |
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Care of the Dying | |
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Elder Care | |
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Trauma and Emergency Care | |
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Caregiver Stress | |
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Being with Someone Who Is Dying | |
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Further Readings | |
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Death Systems: Matters of Public Policy | |
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Defining Death | |
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Organ Transplantation and Organ Donation | |
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Medical Ethics: A Cross-Cultural Example | |
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Death Certification | |
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The Coroner and the Medical Examiner | |
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Autopsies | |
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The Impact of the Death System | |
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Further Readings | |
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Facing Death: Living with Life-Threatening Illness | |
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Personal and Social Meanings of Life-Threatening Illness | |
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Coping with Life-Threatening Illness | |
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Treatment Options and Issues | |
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The Dying Trajectory | |
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The Social Role of the Dying Patient | |
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Further Readings | |
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End-of-Life Issues and Decisions | |
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Principles of Medical Ethics | |
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Informed Consent to Treatment | |
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The Caregiver-Patient Relationship | |
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Choosing Death | |
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Advance Directives | |
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Wills and Inheritance | |
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Probate | |
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Insurance and Death Benefits | |
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Considering End-of-Life Issues and Decisions | |
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Further Readings | |
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Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss | |
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Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning | |
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The Experience of Grief | |
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Models of Grief | |
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Variables Influencing Grief | |
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Support for the Bereaved | |
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Bereavement as an Opportunity for Growth | |
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Further Readings | |
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Last Rites: Funerals and Body Disposition | |
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Psychosocial Aspects of Last Rites | |
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Funerals in the United States | |
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Selecting Funeral Services | |
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Body Disposition | |
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Making Meaningful Choices | |
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Further Readings | |
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Death in the Lives of Children and Adolescents | |
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Early Childhood Encounters with Death | |
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Children with Life-Threatening Illnesses | |
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Children as Survivors of a Close Death | |
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Support Groups for Children | |
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Helping Children Cope with Change and Loss | |
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Further Readings | |
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Death in the Lives of Adults | |
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Parental Bereavement | |
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Death of a Parent | |
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Spousal Bereavement | |
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Death of a Friend | |
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Aging and the Aged | |
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Further Readings | |
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Suicide | |
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Comprehending Suicide | |
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Explanatory Theories of Suicide | |
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Some Types of Suicide | |
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Risk Factors Influencing Suicide | |
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Lifespan Perspectives on Suicide | |
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Contemplating Suicide | |
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Suicide Notes | |
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Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention | |
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Helping a Person Who Is in Suicidal Crisis | |
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Further Readings | |
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Risks of Death in the Modern World | |
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Risk Taking | |
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Accidents | |
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Disasters | |
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Violence | |
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War | |
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Terrorism | |
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AIDS and Other Emerging Diseases | |
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Coping with Risks | |
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Further Readings | |
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Beyond Death / After Life | |
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Traditional Concepts About Life After Death | |
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Jewish Beliefs About Death and Resurrection | |
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Classical Greek Concepts of Immortality | |
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Christian Beliefs About the Afterlife | |
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The Afterlife in Islamic Tradition | |
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Death and Immortality in Asian Religions | |
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Secular Concepts of Immortality | |
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Near-Death Experiences: At the Threshold of Death | |
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Death Themes in Dreams and Psychedelic Experiences | |
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Beliefs About Death: A Wall or a Door? | |
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Further Readings | |
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The Path Ahead: Personal and Social Choices | |
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The Value of Exploring Death and Dying | |
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New Directions in Death Education | |
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Death in the Future | |
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Living with Death and Dying | |
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Postscript and Farewell | |
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Further Readings | |
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Epilogue | |
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Notes | |
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Credits and Sources | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |