Confronting Death: Values, Institutions, And Human Mortality

1. Dying And Historical Context -- 2. The Modern Organization Of Death -- 3. The Dying Patient: A Creation Of The Modern Organization Of Death -- 4. Funerals As Social Facts -- 5. Grief And Individualism: The Decline Of Ritual And The Emergence Of The Therapeutic Model -- 6. On Dying, Death, And Children -- 7. The Death Of Humans By Humans, Part One: Violent Deaths Of Suicide -- 8. The Death Of Humans By Humans, Part Two: The Holocaust And The Technology Of Genocide -- 9. Easing Death's Sting: A Conclusion. David Wendell Moller. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-295) And Index.