Death & Dying, Life & Living
Part I: LEARNING ABOUT DEATH, DYING AND BEREAVEMENT. 1. Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement. Part II: DEATH. 2. Changing Encounters with Death. 3. Changing Attitudes toward Death. 4. Death-Related Practices and the American Death System. 5. Cultural Patterns and Death. Part III: DYING. 6. Coping with Dying. 7. Coping with Dying: How Individuals Can Help. 8. Coping with Dying: How Communities Can Help. Part IV: BEREAVEMENT 9. Coping with Loss and Grief. 10. Coping with Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help. 11. Coping with Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help. PART V: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES. 12. Children. 13. Adolescents. 14. Young and Middle-Aged Adults. 15. Older Adults. Part VI: LEGAL, CONCEPTUAL, AND MORAL ISSUES. 16. Legal Issues. 17. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 18. Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Intentionally Ending Human Life. 19. The Meaning and Place of Death in Life. Part VII: AN EXAMPLE OF A SPECIFIC DISEASE ENTITY. 20. Illustrating the themes of this book. Appendix A. Selected Literature for Children: Annotated Descriptions. Appendix B. Selected Literature for Adolescents: Annotated Descriptions. Appendix C. Activity and Memory Books for Young Readers: Annotated Descriptions.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.