Speaking of death [electronic resource] : America's new sense of mortality / edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap.

Foreword / by Robert Belknap
Preface: Facing our mortality
Introduction: The age of encounter : the new reality
Part I: Manifestations of mortality awareness
From concealment to recognition : the discourse on death, dying, and grief / Christina Staudt
Cancer patients facing death : is the patient who focuses on living in denial of his/her death? / Sherry R. Schachter
The afterlife in modern America / Alan F. Segal
Life extension : proponents, opponents, and the social impact of the defeat of death / Kevin T. Keith
Covering (up?) death : a close reading of Time magazine's September 11, 2001, special issue / Christina Staudt
Part II: From awareness to acceptance
Acceptance of mortality : what is confirmed, what is denied / Michael K. Bartalos
Death, terror, culture, and violence : a psychoanalytic perspective / Jerry S. Piven
When the time is ripe for acceptance : dying, with a small "d" / Thomas A. Caffrey
Alive and content : the art of living with mortality awareness / Michael K. Bartalos
Part III: Societal aspects of the acceptance of dying
Coping with mortality : a societal perspective / Michael K. Bartalos
The quest for permanence : scientific visions of surviving the eventual demise of our universe / Michael K. Bartalos.