Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Chronology of Developments in the Movement -- Share Death, Dying, and Bereavement: Contemporary Perspectives, Institutions, and Practices -- Part I: Intellectual Developments -- Chapter 1: Seeking Wisdom About Mortality, Dying, and Bereavement -- Personal History -- Philosophy as Love of Wisdom -- Existential Phenomenology -- Facing Personal Mortality -- Living While Dying -- Bereavement and Grieving -- Looking to the Future -- References -- Chapter 2: Know Thyself: Psychology's Contributions to Thanatology -- My Entry Into the Field -- Early Psychology -- The Psychoanalytic Movement -- Humanistic/Existential Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Behaviorism -- Positive Psychology -- Eclectic Thinkers -- Facing the Future -- References -- Chapter 3: Sociological Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Bereavement -- What Draws a Sociologist to Study Death? -- Foundations -- Current Themes -- Contemporary Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Science and Practice: Contributions of Nurses to End-of-Life and Palliative Care -- Palliative and End-of-Life Care Journeys -- Uncovering and Combating the Conspiracy of Silence About Death and Dying -- Making Meaning: Living With the Chronicity of Life-Threatening Illnesses -- Promoting Team-Based Collaborative Approaches to Care -- Managing Pain and Symptoms of Children and Adults -- Integrating Bereavement Within Patient-Centered and Family-Focused Dying Care -- Conducting Research With People at the End of Life -- Educating Nurses to Improve Care of People at the End of Life -- Summary: Impact of Nurses on Palliative and End-of-Life Care -- References -- Chapter 5: Legal Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making -- Background -- 1970s and 1980s -- 1990s -- 2000s -- 2010-Present -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 6: The Ethics of Caring for the Dying and the Bereaved -- My Involvement in End-of-Life Ethics -- The History of Medical/Health Care Ethics -- Respect for Persons -- The Turn to Narrative Ethics -- Looking to the Future -- References -- Chapter 7: Theoretical Perspectives on Loss and Grief -- Sigmund Freud -- Erich Lindemann -- John Bowlby -- Colin Parkes -- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross -- William Worden -- Therese Rando -- Simon Rubin -- Thomas Attig -- Stroebe and Colleagues -- Continuing Bonds -- Robert Neimeyer and Janice Nadeau -- The Elephant Needs a Pedicure: Similarities, Differences, Directions for the Future -- References -- Chapter 8: The Psychologization of Grief and Its Depictions Within Mainstream North American Media -- Grief as a Psychological Object of Study in a Modernist Context -- The Pathologization/Psychologization of Grief -- Depictions of Pathological/Psychological Grief in Mainstream Media -- Discussion -- Looking Ahead -- References -- Chapter 9: Developmental Perspectives on Death and Dying, and Maturational Losses -- Our Stories -- Our Developmental Perspective -- Perinatal Period and Infancy -- Toddlerhood Through Preschool-Aged Children -- Elementary School-Aged Children -- Tweens and Teens -- Young Adults -- Middle Adulthood -- Retirement/Reinvention -- Older Adults -- New Directions and Developments -- References -- Part II: Institutional Developments -- Chapter 10: Hospice Care of the Dying -- Attractions of Hospice -- Foundational Strands of Early Development -- Hospice Care Today: Evaluation and Controversy -- Challenges and Hopes for the Future of Hospice Care for the Dying -- References -- Chapter 11: Hospital-Based Palliative Care -- Where We Began and How We Have Changed-A Brief History of Hospital-based Palliative Care -- Cornerstones and Foundations of Hospital-Based Palliative Care.

Current Challenges in Hospital-Based Palliative Care -- Looking Ahead: Protecting the Future of Hospital-Based Palliative Care -- References -- Chapter 12: Palliative Care for Children -- My Entry Into the Field -- Early Work in the Field -- The 1970s and 1980s -- The 1990s -- Definition of Pediatric Palliative Care -- Current Developments in PPC (2000-the Present) -- Challenges -- References -- Chapter 13: The Global Spread of Hospice and Palliative Care -- Personal Reflection -- Foundational Work on the Global Development of Palliative Care -- Current Work on Development of Palliative Care -- Challenges and Hopes for the Future -- References -- Chapter 14: Death and Funeral Service -- Historical Antecedents to Post-World War II Funeral Directing -- The Changing Role of Funeral Directors Following World War II -- Scholarship About Funerals, Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Research Focused on Funeral Directing -- Criticism of Funeral Directors and Funeral Practices -- The Impact of the Baby Boom on the Funeral Industry -- The Future -- References -- Chapter 15: Death Education at the College and University Level in North America -- My Involvement in This Field -- Early Initiatives -- Early Pedagogical Resources -- More Recent Developments: Survey Courses on Death, Dying, and Bereavement -- More Recent Developments: Other Death-Related Courses -- More Recent Developments: Thanatology Programs -- What Have We Learned From and About Death Education? -- References -- Chapter 16: Death Education as a Public Health Issue -- The Case for Death Education as a Public Health Issue -- Two Current International Examples -- Future Challenges -- References -- Part III: Practice Developments -- Chapter 17: Spirituality: Quo Vadis? -- Religion, Spirituality, Health, and Grief -- Spiritual Tasks in Life-Threatening Illness -- Spirituality and Grief: After the Death.

Assisting Individuals and Families at the End of Life: Using Spirituality -- The Power and Use of Rituals -- The Challenge of Spiritual Support -- Quo Vadis -- References -- Chapter 18: Using the Arts and Humanities With the Dying, Bereaved, . . . and Ourselves -- Where and How It All Began -- The Equinox Institute (1969-1971) -- Failproof Techniques for All Ages -- Fast Forward: From Dissection to Palliative Care-Soul Pain, Aesthetic Distance, and the Training of Physicians -- Changing Ideas About Health Care -- Where We Are Going -- References -- Chapter 19: Family Support for the Dying and Bereaved -- The Development of Family-Centered Care -- The Foundations of Family-Centered Care -- Clinical Organization of Family-Centered Care Today -- Challenges for the Future of Family-Centered Care -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 20: Supporting Grieving Children -- My Early Years in the Field -- Children's Concepts of Death -- Resources for Children -- Children's Grief and the Digital Age -- Grief Work With Children -- Grief Education for Adults -- Basic Understandings for Adults -- Joining as a Global Grief Community for Children -- References -- Chapter 21: Helping Each Other: Building Community -- Background -- The Widow-to-Widow Program -- Widows Who Accepted Help -- Widows Who Refused Help -- The Widowed Service Line -- Other Programs -- A View of Grief -- Mutual Help -- Current Programs and Practices -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 22: Treating Complicated Bereavement: The Development of Grief Therapy -- A Backward Glance -- The Contemporary Landscape of Loss -- A Scientific Coda -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 23: When Trauma and Loss Collide: The Evolution of Intervention for Traumatic Bereavement -- Definitions and Conceptual Clarifications -- From Two Disparate Areas to One: Pivotal Steps in the Development of Traumatic Bereavement.

The "Classics" in the Field: Six Foundational Concepts Associated With the Treatment of Traumatic Bereavement up to 2000 -- Someday to Be "Classics" in the Field: Five of the Newest, Most Valuable Areas of Contribution to the Treatment of Traumatic Bereavement Since 2000 -- Future Concerns Regarding Traumatic Bereavement and Its Treatment -- References -- Chapter 24: To Be or Not to Be: Suicide Then and Now -- A Little History -- Dimensions of the Problem -- Myths About Suicide -- Understanding and Preventing Suicide -- Patterns of Suicide -- Suicide Prevention -- Society's Role in Suicide Prevention -- Intervention -- A Look Ahead -- References -- Chapter 25: Grief After Suicide: The Evolution of Suicide Postvention -- Personal Evolution -- Evolution of the Response to a Public Health Problem -- Interventions for Survivors-History -- Interventions for Survivors-Current Standing -- Interventions for Survivors-Future Directions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 26: Responding to Grief and Trauma in the Aftermath of Disaster -- Preparation for Disasters -- The Impact Phase-Psychological First Aid -- Recoil-Planning and Implementation-Posttraumatic Reactions -- Aftermath-Community Care and Recovery -- Recovery-Withdrawal of External Services -- Implications for Future Developments -- References -- Chapter 27: Care of the Caregiver: Professionals and Family Members -- Professional History -- Overview -- Stress and Distress -- Burnout and Job Engagement -- Compassion Fatigue, Empathy, and Compassion Satisfaction -- What Are Caregivers Already Doing That Works? -- Current Interventions -- Major Challenges and Hopes for the Future -- References -- Afterword -- Index.