Chapter Outline

CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING

• Biological, Social, and Psychological Aspects of Death
• The Study of Death: Thanatology and Death Education
• Hospice Care

FACING DEATH

• Attitudes toward Death and Dying
• Approaching Death

FACING BEREAVEMENT

• Forms and Patterns of Grief
• Surviving a Spouse
• Losing a Parent
• Losing a Child

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

• Suicide
• Euthanasia

FINDING MEANING AND PURPOSE IN LIFE AND DEATH

• Reviewing a Life
• Overcoming Fear of Death
• Development: A Lifelong Process