Includes bibliographical references (pages 640-686) and indexes
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Learning about death, dying, and bereavement -- Education about death, dying and bereavement -- Death -- Changing encounters with death -- Changing attitudes toward death -- Death-related practices and the American death system -- Cultural differences and death -- Dying -- Coping with dying -- Coping with dying : how individuals can help -- Coping with dying : how communities can help -- Bereavement -- Coping with loss and grief -- Coping with loss and grief : how individuals can help -- Coping with loss and grief : funeral practices and other ways communities can help -- Developmental perspectives -- Children -- Adolescents -- Young and middle-aged adults -- Older adults -- Legal, conceptual, and moral issues -- Legal issues -- Suicide and life-threatening behavior -- Assisted suicide and euthanasia : intentionally ending a human life -- The meaning and place of death in life -- An example of a specific disease entity -- Illustrating the themes of this book