The Truth About Death and Dying

Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations and Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
How to Use This Book......Page 14
Life and Death......Page 16
A to Z Entries
......Page 24
Abuse of the Sick and Infirm......Page 26
Alternative Living......Page 30
Attitudes Toward Death, Teenage......Page 34
Autopsy......Page 40
Cremation......Page 45
Death, Unexpected and Planned......Page 50
Death and Dying, The Business of......Page 57
Death and Money......Page 64
Death and the Family......Page 70
Death of a Friend......Page 75
Death of a Parent......Page 79
Doctors' Perspectives......Page 85
Drug and Alcohol Abuse......Page 89
Dying, The Process of......Page 94
Dying, The Statistics of......Page 102
Elderly Men, Aging of......Page 105
Elderly Women, Aging of......Page 110
Ethnic Rituals and Death......Page 115
Fear of Death......Page 119
Grieving, The Process of......Page 124
Growing Old in America......Page 131
Help and Support......Page 139
Living Longer: Living Better?......Page 144
Loss of a Pet......Page 150
Managing Death......Page 154
Media's View, The......Page 160
Organ Donation......Page 166
Planning for Death......Page 172
Right to Die, The......Page 176
Smoking and Death......Page 185
Stages of Death, The......Page 190
Teenage Deaths......Page 193
Terminal Diseases Affecting Youths......Page 199
Traditions and Death......Page 204
Violent Death......Page 209
Hotlines and Help Sites......Page 218
Glossary......Page 222
Index......Page 228