Editor's Preface
Introduction Robert J. Kastenbaum
PART 1: Death, Dying, and Grief: The Basic Issues Coping With Death Richard A. Kalish
An Overview of Death Attitudes and Expectations Richard A. Kalish and David K. Reynolds
The Human Experience of Death, or What Can We Learn from Near-Death Experiences? Russell Noyes, Jr.
Funeral Roles: Ritualized Expectations Tillman Rodabough
Death and Survivorship: The Final Transition Richard A. Kalish
Children's Anniversary Reactions to the Death of A Family Member Sandra Sutherland Fox
The Impact of Parental Death on Middle-Aged Children Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss
Weathering Widowhood: Problems and Adjustment of the Widowed During the First Year Raymond G. Carey
PART 2: Institutional Care A Group Awaiting Death: The Social System's Perspective on a Naturally Occurring Group Situation Steven Starker and Joan E. Starker
The Social Organization of Terminal Care in Two Pediatric Hospitals Kenneth J. Doka
Hospice Care in the United States: The Process Begins Robert W. Buckingham
PART 3: Death and Grief in a Cross-Cultural Context How Death Came to Mankind: Myths and Legends Alain Corcos and Lawrence Krupka
The Cultural Construction of Aging and Dying in a Melanesian Community Dorothy Ayers Counts and David R. Counts
He Died Too Quick!" The Process of Dying in A Hutterian Colony Peter H. Stephenson
The Impact of Urbanism on Death and Dying among Black People in a Rural Community in Middle Tennessee Arthur C. Hill
PART 4: Counseling and Psychotherapy Counseling Dying Clients Daniel McKitrick
Clinical Thanatology and Psychotherapy: Some Reflections on Caring for the Dying Person Loma Feigenberg and Edwin S. Shneidman
Clients Nearing Death: Behavioral Treatment Perspectives George W. Rebok and William J. Hoyer
Bereaved Parents and the Compassionate Friends: Affiliation and Healing Dennis Klass
Volunteers and the Care of the Terminal Patient Chwee Lye Chng and Michael Kirby Ramsey
PART 5: Death Education Death Educator as Deacon Richard A. Kalish
Teaching about Dying and Death in a Multidisciplinary Student Group David Barton, Miles K. Crowder, and John M. Flexner
The Arts: A Source of Comfort and Insight for Children Who Are Learning About Death Sandra L. Bertman
A Group Desensitization Procedure for the Reduction of Death Anxiety Ronald L. Peal, Paul J. Handal, and Frank H. Gilner
Counseling in Catastrophic Illness: A Self-Instructional Unit Ronald Koenig
Comparison between Experiential and Didactic Methods of Death Education Joseph A. Durlak
Coping: Effects of Death Education Larry A. Bugen
Epilogue
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