Contents

Preface ......................................................... Xi
I on the fear of death ..................................... 1
Ii attitudes toward death and dying ..................... 11
Iii first stage: denial and isolation ...................... 38
Iv second stage: anger ..................................... 50
V third stage: bargaining ................................. 82
Vi fourth stage: depression ............................... 85
Vii fifth stage: acceptance ............................... 112
Viii hope ................................................... 138
Ix the patient’s family ................................... 157
X some interviews with terminally ill patients ......... 181
Xi reactions to the seminar on death and dying ........ 245
Xii therapy with the terminally ill ....................... 269
bibliography ........................................... 279

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