| Introduction After many years in the closet, death has emerged as a partof life. Over the past twenty years a plethora of books, seminars,and personal accounts devoted to the process of dying havebeen produced. However, few of these efforts have been di-rected at those people whose involvement counts the most--the family and friends of the dying and the dying personundergoing the awesome process of entering one of "death sten thousand different doors." This book fills that gap and is a welcome change. It is read-able, pays attention to the practical problems and issues sur-rounding death, and most importantly, provides guidelines indealing with them. Following awareness of an impending death,there are always questions, and this book raises them in thesequence in which they are most likely to occur. It then proceedsto answer these questions in an informative, reassuring, andpractical way. It is a book that will be of active help for thoseinvolved in the death of a loved one. Information from professional and technical literature ondeath and dying is combined in these pages with knowledgederived from life experiences. In addition to practical mattersthat range from bill paying to funeral planning, questions whichare seldom addressed are raised in this book on such topics as:sex and the dying person, suicide, dealing with difficult or dis-honest doctors, "pulling the plug" on life support machines,negotiating with a funeral director and choosing a cemetery,helping the very young dying child, pathologic grieving, speak-ing about death to children, and negative feelings on the part |
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