America's new sense of mortality Bartalos, Michael K. ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. ctu Westport, Conn Praeger 2009 monographic eng

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xvii, 321 p. Foreword / by Robert Belknap -- Preface: Facing our mortality -- Introduction: The age of encounter : the new reality -- Part I: Manifestations of mortality awareness -- From concealment to recognition : the discourse on death, dying, and grief / Christina Staudt -- Cancer patients facing death : is the patient who focuses on living in denial of his/her death? / Sherry R. Schachter -- The afterlife in modern America / Alan F. Segal -- Life extension : proponents, opponents, and the social impact of the defeat of death / Kevin T. Keith -- Covering (up?) death : a close reading of Time magazine's September 11, 2001, special issue / Christina Staudt -- Part II: From awareness to acceptance -- Acceptance of mortality : what is confirmed, what is denied / Michael K. Bartalos -- Death, terror, culture, and violence : a psychoanalytic perspective / Jerry S. Piven -- When the time is ripe for acceptance : dying, with a small "d" / Thomas A. Caffrey -- Alive and content : the art of living with mortality awareness / Michael K. Bartalos -- Part III: Societal aspects of the acceptance of dying -- Coping with mortality : a societal perspective / Michael K. Bartalos -- The quest for permanence : scientific visions of surviving the eventual demise of our universe / Michael K. Bartalos. edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. n-us--- Death United States BD444 .S68 2009 306.90973 9780313364273 (electronic bk.) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=491637 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=491637 MiAaPQ 080707 20250821110506.0 EBC491637