1. Epilogue Death and Dying Death and Hope Dying and Acceptance
Bereavement

2. Death and Hope Understanding Death Throughout the Life Span
Death in Childhood
Death in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Death in Adulthood
Death in Late Adulthood
Religions and Hope

3. Dying and Acceptance Attending to the Needs of the Dying
Honest Conversation
The Hospice
Palliative Medicine

4. Dying and Acceptance Choices and Controversies
THINKING CRITICALLY: When Is a Person Dead?
Hastening or Postponing Death
When Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Legal

5. Dying and Acceptance
Advance Directives
A CASE TO STUDY: Terri Schiavo

6. Bereavement Normal Grief Complicated Grief
Grief, Mourning, and Bereavement
Placing Blame and Seeking Meaning
Complicated Grief
Grief Without Mourning
Mourning That Does Not Heal

7. Bereavement Diversity of Reactions Legacy of Earlier Loss
Research Findings
Practical Applications