Separation anxiety and object loss / Beatrice G. Lipinski -- Thanatophobia : a historical perspective / John T. Deines -- Fear of death and its implications for death milieu counseling / Douglas D. Hoxeng -- The theory and practice of loss therapy / John G. Corazzini -- The expanding role of the behavioral scientist in the death and dying process / Milton Grady and Susan B. Strober -- Recommendations for a core program for training bereavement therapists / Linda Runion Josef -- Living and choosing--in the face of death / Richard C. Nelson -- A psychiatric model for bereavement counseling / Beverley Raphael -- The role of the nursing profession in loss management / Purnima Sen -- The clergy as bereavement counselors / Charles F. Preston -- The child's concept of death / Gail M. Giacalone and Eileen McGrath -- Bereavement in the elderly / Albert Kozma and Michael J. Stones -- When a friend is in mourning / B. Mark Schoenberg.