Speaking of death  America's new sense of mortality 
edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap. 
 - Westport, Conn.  Praeger  2009. 
 - xvii, 321 p.  25 cm. 
 - Psychology, religion, and spirituality  1546-8070 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780313364266 (alk. paper) 0313364265 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008029551 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA8A7174 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BD444  / .S68 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.90973  / S7411