Death and Dying

by Langwith, Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9780737739749
• ISBN10: 0737739746
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-06
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 5
Introduction	p. 7
What Are Americans' Attitudes About Death and Grief?
Religion Can Ease Grief over Death	p. 11
Religion Corrupts Death and Does Not Help Grief	p. 18
Belief in a Favorable Afterlife Can Ease Grief over Death	p. 25
Belief in a Favorable Afterlife Devalues Life	p. 31
Sometimes It Is Best to Accept Death	p. 36
It Is Always Best to Fight Death	p. 41
How Should the Medical Profession Treat Death?
Doctors Should Assist with Death	p. 47
Doctors Should Not Assist with Death	p. 52
Hospice Helps the Dying	p. 58
Hospice Hastens Death	p. 63
What Happens After Death?
The Bible Contains Reincarnation	p. 70
Reincarnation Is Not in the Bible	p. 77
There Is an Afterlife	p. 84
No One Knows What Happens After Death	p. 91
The Body Is Resurrected After Death	p. 98
There Is No Soul	p. 104
Facts About Death and Dying	p. 110
Organizations to Contact	p. 113
For Further Reading	p. 119
Index	p. 123
Picture Credits	p. 128
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