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• Preface and Acknowledgments Introductory Précis: Jack Elinson, Ph.D. Introduction Technology, Meaning, and DeathMeaning of death or death of meaning Death and Denial in Modern America Technological Medicine, The Technocratic Physician and Human Dying Individualism, Fellowship, and DyingThe non-communal environmentDying and loss of fellowship Modern Dying and Social Organization of the HospitalThe hospital as total institutionPatient alienation within the hospital The Stigma of DyingIdentity problems: Beyond the looking-glassThe stigma of dying: Scenarios of personal terrorSexuality and dying: Fertile ground for stigmaAs the new self emerges Approaching Omega: The Roller Coaster of DyingThe course of dying and societal forces A Concluding Statement on Technology and the Social Isolation of Dying A Methodological Note Index

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• Preface and Acknowledgments Introductory Précis: Jack Elinson, Ph.D. Introduction Technology, Meaning, and DeathMeaning of death or death of meaning Death and Denial in Modern America Technological Medicine, The Technocratic Physician and Human Dying Individualism, Fellowship, and DyingThe non-communal environmentDying and loss of fellowship Modern Dying and Social Organization of the HospitalThe hospital as total institutionPatient alienation within the hospital The Stigma of DyingIdentity problems: Beyond the looking-glassThe stigma of dying: Scenarios of personal terrorSexuality and dying: Fertile ground for stigmaAs the new self emerges Approaching Omega: The Roller Coaster of DyingThe course of dying and societal forces A Concluding Statement on Technology and the Social Isolation of Dying A Methodological Note Index

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• Preface and Acknowledgments Introductory Précis: Jack Elinson, Ph.D. Introduction Technology, Meaning, and DeathMeaning of death or death of meaning Death and Denial in Modern America Technological Medicine, The Technocratic Physician and Human Dying Individualism, Fellowship, and DyingThe non-communal environmentDying and loss of fellowship Modern Dying and Social Organization of the HospitalThe hospital as total institutionPatient alienation within the hospital The Stigma of DyingIdentity problems: Beyond the looking-glassThe stigma of dying: Scenarios of personal terrorSexuality and dying: Fertile ground for stigmaAs the new self emerges Approaching Omega: The Roller Coaster of DyingThe course of dying and societal forces A Concluding Statement on Technology and the Social Isolation of Dying A Methodological Note Index