DEATH: IN FACT, FICTION AND POETRY.

Chapters One through Four of the anthology present current research and theories about dying and death. This material includes: a historical overview; a psychological/social perspective; the individual encounter; and phenomena associated with near-death and dying experiences. Chapters Five through Eight introduce short fiction and poetry and relate them to ideas developed in the first four chapters. Themes of the last four chapters include: the dying and the bereaved; experiences at the moment of death;