DEFINING DEATH AND LIFE/DEATH ISSUES
      Issues in Determining Death
      Decisions Regarding Life, Death, and Health Care

DEATH AND SOCIO-HISTORICAL, CULTURAL CONTEXTS
      Changing Historical Circumstances
      Death in Different Cultures

A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEATH
      Causes of Death and Expectations about Death
      Attitudes Toward Death at Different Points in the Life Span

FACING ONE'S OWN DEATH
      Kübler-Ross's Stages of Dying
      Perceived Control and Denial
      The Contexts in Which People Die

COPING WITH THE DEATH OF SOMEONE ELSE
      Communicating with a Dying Person
      Grieving
      Making Sense of the World
      Losing a Life Partner
      Forms of Mourning and the Funeral