Death & Dying, Life & Living

Cover
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Prologue
Part 1: Learning about Death, Dying, and Bereavement
	Chapter 1: Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement
		Death Cafe
		A Taboo Topic? A Death-Denying Society
		Concerns Leading People to Study Death-Related Subjects
		How Is Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement Conducted
		Four Dimensions of Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement
		Six Goals of Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement
		What Are Some of the Things We Can Learn about Life and Living by Studying Death, Dying, and Bereavement
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Part 2: Death
	Chapter 2: Changing Encounters with Death
		Bryan Lee Curtis Shares His Encounter with Death
		Encountering Death in America Today
		Average Life Expectancy
		Causes of Death: Communicable versus Degenerative Diseases
		Dying Trajectories
		Place of Death
		What Factors Helped Bring about These Changing Encounters with Death
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 3: Changing Attitudes toward Death
		Amish Attitudes toward Death
		What Is an Attitude and How Do Attitudes Influence Encounters
		Death Anxiety
		Terror Management Theory
		Death-Related Concerns and Responses
		Some Implications of Death-Related Attitudes
		Five Dominant Patterns in Western Attitudes toward Death
		The Puritans of 17th-Century New England
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 4: Death-Related Practices and the American Death System
		September 11, 2001
		The Death System in Every Society
		The American Death System and the Events of September 11, 2001
		Human-Induced Death
		Death and Language
		Death and the Media
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 5: Cultural Patterns and Death
		A Happy Funeral
		The Significance of Studying Cultural Patterns
		Hispanic-Americans
		African Americans
		Asian and Pacific Island Americans
		American Indians and Native Alaskans
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Part 3: Dying
	Chapter 6: Coping with Dying
		One Family Coping with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying
		Coping
		Dying Trajectories and Awareness Contexts
		Coping with Dying: A Stage-Based Approach
		Coping with Dying: A Task-Based Approach
		Living with Life-Threatening Illness
		How Do These Theories about Coping with Dying Help Us
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 7: Coping with Dying: How Individuals Can Help
		Individuals Who Helped One Family Cope with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying
		Caring for Persons Who Are Coping with Dying: Human and Professional Tasks
		Dimensions of Care
		Tasks as Guidelines for Helping
		Effective Communication
		Helping Helpers: Stress, Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Self-Care
		Hope
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 8: Coping with Dying: How Communities Can Help
		Social Institutions That Helped One Family Cope with Life-Threatening
 Illness and Dying
		Recognizing and Responding to the Needs of Persons Who Are Coping with Dying
		Hospice Philosophy and Principles
		Four Programs of Care for Persons Who Are Coping with Dying
		Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care
		Hospice Care and Palliative Care
		An Institutional Recapitulation
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Part 4: Bereavement
	Chapter 9: Coping with Loss and Grief
		One Woman Experiencing Her Losses
		New Understandings of Loss, Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning
		A Broader and More Inclusive Understanding of Loss
		An Expanded Appreciation of Grief
		Cautions about Classical Models of Grief and Mourning Involving Universal Phases or Stages
		New Models of Active Coping and Personal Pathways
		Revising and Renewing Relationships: Continuing Bonds
		Possibilities for Growth and Transformation in Grief and Mourning
		Complicated Grief Reactions
		Grief, Mourning, and Families
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 10: Coping with Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help
		Individuals Who Helped One Woman during Her Mourning
		Fundamental Needs of Bereaved Persons
		Unhelpful Messages
		Disenfranchised Grief and Mourning
		Deaths of Pets and Companion Animals
		Some Constructive Suggestions for Helping
		Helping Bereaved Persons with Tasks in Mourning
		Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief: Grief Counseling
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 11: Coping with Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways  Communities Can Help
		Social Institutions That Provided Support during One Woman's Mourning
		Life Crises and Rituals
		Typical Elements in Contemporary American Funeral Practices
		Contrasting Views Concerning the Value of Contemporary American Funeral Practices
		Three Tasks Associated with Funeral Rituals
		Cemeteries and Selected Memorial Activities
		Aftercare Programs in the Funeral Industry
		Bereavement Follow-Up in Hospice Programs
		Support Groups for the Bereaved
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Part 5: Developmental Perspectives
	Chapter 12: Children
		One Child and Death
		Children, Developmental Tasks, and Death
		Encounters with Death during Childhood
		The Development of Death-Related Concepts in Childhood
		The Development of Death-Related Attitudes in Childhood
		Children Who Are Coping with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying
		Children Who Are Coping with Bereavement and Grief
		Helping Children Cope with Death, Dying, and Bereavement
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 13: Adolescents
		Some High School Students Encounter Death and Grief
		The Definition and Interpretation of Adolescence
		Developmental Tasks in Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence
		Encounters with Death during Adolescence
		Death-Related Attitudes during Adolescence
		Adolescents Who Are Coping with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying
		Adolescents Who Are Coping with Bereavement and Grief
		Adolescents, Homicide, and Suicide
		Helping Adolescents Cope with Death and Bereavement
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 14: Young and Middle-Aged Adults
		An Orthodox Archbishop Faces His Mother's Death
		Young and Middle-Aged Adults, Developmental Tasks, and Death
		Encounters with Death during Young and Middle Adulthood
		Attitudes toward Death among Young and Middle Adults
		Young and Middle Adults Who Are Coping with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying
		Young and Middle Adults Who Are Coping with Bereavement and Grief
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 15: Older Adults
		Lives Crowned by Love
		Older Adults, Developmental Tasks, and Death
		Encounters with Death during Older Adulthood
		Attitudes toward Death among Older Adults
		Older Adults Who Are Coping with Life-Threatening Illness and Dying
		Older Adults Who Are Coping with Bereavement and Grief
		Suicide among Older Adults
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Part 6: Legal, Conceptual, and Moral Issues
	Chapter 16: Legal Issues
		Donor Husband, Donor Father
		American Society and Its Laws
		Conversations about Death-Related Matters and Advance Directives
		Definition, Determination, and Certification of Death
		Organ, Tissue, and Body Donation
		Disposition of One's Body and Property
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 17: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
		Two Completed Suicides
		Suicide: Individuality and Perplexity
		What Is Suicide
		Some Common Patterns in Suicidal Behavior
		Efforts to Understand or Explain Suicidal Behavior
		Suicide: An Act with Many Determinants and Levels of Meaning
		The Impact of Suicide
		Suicide Intervention
		Religious Views of the Moral Appropriateness of Suicide
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 18: Aided Death: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Aid in Dying
		Terri Schiavo
		Situating the Issues
		Deciding to End a Human Life: Who Acts
		Deciding to End a Human Life: What Is Intended
		Aid in Dying
		Social Policy and Practices in Oregon and the Netherlands
		Deciding to End a Human Life: Moral Arguments
		Deciding to End a Human Life: Some Religious Perspectives
		Some Recent Developments and Prospects for the Future
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
	Chapter 19: The Meaning and Place of Death in Life
		The Buddha on the Place of Death in Human Experience
		The Meaning of Death
		Death: A Door or a Wall
		Alternative Images of an Afterlife
		Near-Death Experiences
		The Place of Death in Human Life
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Part 7: An Example of a Specific Disease Context
	Chapter 20: Illustrating the Themes of this Book: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
		Sandra Day O'Connor and Alzheimer's Disease
		Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Related Disorders
		Recent Encounters with Alzheimer's Disease and Death
		Attitudes Commonly Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
		Practices Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
		Coping with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
		Helping Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
		Alzheimer's Disease, Related Disorders, and Bereavement
		Lessons and Values
		Summary
		Glossary
		Questions for Review and Discussion
		Suggested Readings
		Selected Web Resources
Epilogue
Appendix A: Selected Literature for Children: Annotated Descriptions
Appendix B: Selected Literature for Adolescents: Annotated Descriptions
Appendix C: Activity Books and Memory Books for Young Readers
References
Name Index
Subject Index