Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
Contents
Study participants -- Communicating about death and dying -- Planning and choices -- Professional care and doctor-patient communication -- Knowledge of illness and attitudes toward pain and death -- Daily life and meaningful activities -- Family caregiving experience -- Support and lack of support for family caregivers -- Personal growth, meaning and spirituality -- The final days of life -- Memorials at the end of life -- Some directions for understanding the end of life