When life meets death
Subtitle: stories of death and dying, truth and courage
By: Thomas W. Shane.
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.
Description: When Life Meets Death is a book of stories from people who have faced the ordinary, yet overwhelming, experience of the death of a loved one. Some are the stories of the author's own loss and others are based on his professional experience as a chaplain. This book 'tells the story' from the perspective of those who are immersed in the experience.

Some of these stories are as common as the expected death of an elderly and ailing parent, while others are as traumatic as the loss of a loved one in the Oklahoma City bombing disaster. They are not objective truths about death so much as they are tales about the meaning and the mystery of people who must face the death of someone they love.