Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Doing It My Way 1. The Dying of Death 2. The Revival of Death 3. The Two Strands of Revival 4. Traditional, Modern and Neo-Modern Death Part II: Keeping on Listening 5. Stories and Meta-stories 6. Systems for Listening 7. Expectations and Assumptions 8. The Listening Community or the Defining Community? 9. Gaining Control, Losing Control

About the Author

Tony Walter

Reviews

..."a useful and interesting book...Written with care, insight, and well-referenced, the book takes the reader through issues of dying and how culture influences our attitudes and behavior toward death...an excellent supplement for courses on death and dying."
-"Contemporary Psychology
"Walter has written a provocative, rich book... Anyone who attends closely to Walter's book will be in a better position to respond when a doctor tries to set him straight, or a nurse offers help, "at no cost to you..""
-"Contemporary Sociology