• Introduction Gerry R. Cox and Ronald J. Fundis PART I: ETHICAL ISSUESThe Ethics of Death Education David K. Meagher Self-Healing for Persons with Cancer: Issues for Health Professionals Ross E. Gray and Brian D. Doan The Silence of God: The Absence of Healing Lynne Martins PART II: PASTORAL ISSUESPastoral Care with the Dying and Bereaved Delton J. Glebe Ministry to People with AIDS Jean Crabtree Clergy and Lay Persons Working Together Dorothy Southall The Church: A Model for Adjustment for the Dying and Bereaved Lynne Martins PART III: SELECTED CANADIAN EXPERIENCESUnderstanding the Spiritual and Cultural Influences on the Attitudes of the Bereaved Paul Sakalauskas Through the Valley of the Shadow: Developing a Visualization Process for Healing Grief Ted Creen Irreplaceable Objects: An Imaginal Approach to the Mourning of Inconsolable Losses Greg Mogenson Lifetime Losses: Seeking a Balance Michael Bull PART IV: CHILDREN AND THE DEATH EXPERIENCEAttitudes About Childhood Death: An African Perspective Connie Guist Spirituality and the Child: A Grandparent Death Carol Irizarry Looking Back to Help See the Future: A Proposal for the Use of Guided Autobiography with the Dying and Children Craig E. Seaton PART V: SOCIAL, HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL ISSUESResponses of Parents to Sudden Death Mary Kachoyeanos and Florence E. Selder View of Life in Bereavement and Loss Kjell Kallenberg The Paranoid Society: The Health Craze and the Fear of Death Tadini Bacigalupi Implications of Societal Change on the Role of the Funeral Director and Clergy Vernon F. Gunckel Spiritual Care in Hospice Dorothy Ley PART VI: BIOETHICAL ISSUESPersonhood and the Question of Neonatal Euthanasia Brian E. Woodrow Euthanasia: The Dying Decision Gerry R. Cox and Ronald J. Fundis Informed Consent in Relation to Transplants Abbyann Lynch Epilogue Contributors Bibliography Index

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