"Prepared under the auspices of the Program for Humanities in
Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Goethe-Institut,
Boston."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword /Daniel Callahan -- Preface: Facing Death /Howard M. Spiro
-- Introduction: Defining a Life: The Western Tradition /Lee Palmer
Wandel -- Ch. 1.Attending to Dying: Limitations of Medical Technology
(A Resident's Perspective) /Eric L. Krakauer -- Ch. 2.Before Their
Time: A Clinician's Reflections on Death and AIDS /Peter A. Selwyn --
Ch. 3.Doctor's Role in Death /Sherwin B. Nuland -- Ch. 4.Thoughts on
Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide /Alan B. Astrow -- Ch.
5.Learning to Care for the Dying /Alan C. Mermann -- Ch. 6.Thoughts
on Witnessing Death /James D. Kenney -- Ch. 7.Changing Face of Death
in Children /Diane M. Komp -- Ch. 8.When Children Mourn a Loved One
/Morris A. Wessel -- Ch. 9.Emergence of Hospice Care in the United
States /Florence S. Wald -- Ch. 10.Caring for Those Who Die in Old
Age /Joanne Lynn -- Ch. 11.Living in the Maelstrom /Alvin Novick --
Ch. 12.Ars Moriendi for Our Time: To Live a Fulfilled Life; to Die a
Peaceful Death /Arthur E. Imhof -- Ch. 13.Art of Dying in Hindu India
/Sylvia Vatuk -- Ch. 14.Reflections on Mortality from a Jewish
Perspective /James E. Ponet -- Ch. 15.Catholic Theology's Main
Thoughts on Death /Harald Wagner -- Ch. 16.Law of the Spirits:
Chinese Popular Beliefs /Valerie Hansen -- Ch. 17.Meaning of Death in
Islam /Ira M. Lapidus -- Ch. 18.From This World to the Next: Notes on
Death and Dying in Early America /John Demos -- Ch. 19.Ars
Memoriandi: The NAMES Project AIDS Quilt /Peter S. Hawkins -- Ch.
20.Bearing the Spirit Home /Frederick J. Streets -- Ch. 21.Witnessing
Death versus Framing Death /William B. McCullough -- Ch.
22.Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect /William J. Bouwsma.
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