02235nam a2200277Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006501500140008202000310009602000280012703500240015503500210017904000470020004300120024705000210025908200250028024501170030526000360042230000250045849000610048350400510054450512970059565000330189270000320192528965420160527202040.0080707s2009    ctu      b    001 0 eng    a  2008029551  aGBA8A7174  a9780313364266 (alk. paper)  a0313364265 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocn233543974  a(OCoLC)233543974  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdYDXCPdUKMdC#PdBWXdDLC  an-us---00aBD444b.S68 200900a306.90973bS741122200aSpeaking of deathbAmerica's new sense of mortalitycedited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap.  aWestport, Conn.bPraegerc2009.  axvii, 321 p.c25 cm.1 aPsychology, religion, and spiritualityx1546-80702Local  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aForeword / 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. 0aDeathzUnited States.2Local1 aBartalos, Michael K.2Local