Series Foreword Preface 1 Death as Medical Failure 2 Death and Dying in Western Culture 3 The Death and Dying Movement 4 When Hospice and Palliative Care Are Not Enough 5 The Business of Death 6 Facing Death Together Epilogue Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Further Reading Index
Nicole M. Piemonte, PhD, is Assistant Dean for Medical Education at Creighton University School of Medicine in Phoenix. She is the author of Afflicted: How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice (MIT Press). Shawn Abreu, MD, is a board-certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician at Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix.