Death and dying : understanding and care / Barbara A. Backer, Natalie Hannon, Noreen A. Russell.

Death in American society
Death and the process of dying
The helping professions and the terminally ill
Hospitals and dying patients
Hospice care
Children and death
Living with AIDS / Kathleen M. Nokes
Ethical issues
Suicide
Grief and bereavement
Funerals
Death from a cross-cultural perspective.