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List of contents
PART ONE PRIMER ON DEATH
Chapter 1 Death Education
Chapter 2 Attitudes Toward Dying and Death
Chapter 3 Cultural Farewells
Chapter 4 Death in the Health Care System
Chapter 5 Death in the Family System
Chapter 6 The Dying Process
Chapter 7 The Caregiver and the Volunteer
Chapter 8 The Grieving Process
Chapter 9 Compassionate Therapies
Chapter 10 Death Preparation
Chapter 11 Medical Ethics and Legal Issues
Chapter 12 Causes of Death
Chapter 13 After Death
PART TWOTHE END
Sources of Support
Organizations
Toll-Free Telephone Information Directory—Quick Index
Web Sites
Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters
Films and Audio-Visuals
Bibliography
Glossary
Answer Key
Addendum Death by Terrorism
Index
Notes
Summary
The purpose of "Death 101: A Workbook for Educating and Healing" is to provide an understanding of dying, death, and bereavement that will assist individuals to cope better with and understand their own death and the death of others. It enables us to examine cultural attitudes and assumptions about dying and death. "Death 101" introduces the dying process, grief work, and ethical and legal issues while providing personal insight and sensitivity. The workbook is meant as a supplement to textbooks on dying and death, to accompany the academic material necessary to increase our knowledge about death education. At the same time, it is intended to be an independent method of working through loss, a personal guide for the journey through grief.
