Part 1. Introduction and Context1. Lifting the Pall. The Quest to Uncover the Realities of Death and Reclaim Wisdom about Life 2. Death & Dying in a Rapidly Changing World 3. For Everything There is a Season: The Developmental Context 4. Coureurs de Bois. Cross-Cultural & Interfaith Dimensions Part 2.

Death 5. Grim Reaper Through Time. Historical & ross-Cultural Look at Undertaking 6. Grim Reaper Today: Emerging Trends in Contemporary "Deathcare" 7. Traumatic Death Part 3. Dying 8. In the Valley of the Shadow: Facing Death 9. Intensive Caring.

Hospice & Palliative Care Part 4. Bereavement, Grief, & Mourning 10. Life After Loss. Bereavement, Grief, & Mourning 11. When Grief Goes Awry: Complicated Grief Part 5. Legal & Ethical Borderlands 12. Physician Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia 13. Withdrawing Life Support & Organ Transplantation Part 6.

Life after Life 14. Life after Life Part 7. The Future of Death, Dying, & Bereavement 15. The Road Ahead port & Organ Transplantation Part 6. Life after Life 14. Life after Life Part 7. The Future of Death, Dying, & Bereavement 15. The Road Ahead.