Every living thing must die, but only human beings know it. This knowledge can bring to the living, anxiety and despair or new richness and meaning. This volume explores the problems and possibilities of coping with this universal experience.
Preface PART ONE The Dying ProcessSo? Ronald KoenigThe Onset of the Dying Process Richard A. KalishThe Dying Patient and the Double-Bind Hypothesis Richard C. Erickson and Bobbie J. HyerstayClinical Research and the Stages of Dying Richard Schulz and David AdermanSlow Death: One Survivor's Experience Dorothy PaulayPsychosocial Analysis of Cancer Deaths Avery D. Weisman and J. William Worden PART TWO Meanings of DeathWhat Is the Meaning of Death to the Dying Person and His Survivors? Eli MarcovitzDiffering Bereavements: Suicide, Natural, and Accidental Death Arlene Sheskin and Samuel E. WallaceSocial Organization and Death Vanderlyn R. PineThe Street Corner: A Laboratory for the Study of Life-Threatening Behavior Robert Kastenbaum and Laura BriscoeThe Last Strand: Remnants of Engagement in the Later Years Victor W. MarshallOld People Talk About: The Right to DieShura Saul and Sidney R. Saul PART THREE Transcending DeathThe Experience of Dying from Falls Russell Noyes, Jr. and Roy KlettiOn Death and the Continuity of Life: A Psychohistorical Perspective Robert Jay LiftonThe Coffin J.H.
