Jana Staton is a researcher with the Missoula Demonstration Project.
Acknowledgments
v
Preface
vii
Introduction
xi
Study Participants
1
(22)
Communicating about Death and Dying
23
(34)
Planning and Choices
57
(32)
Professional Care and Doctor-Patient Communication
89
(22)
Knowledge of Illness and Attitudes toward Pain and Death
111
(24)
Daily Life and Meaningful Activities
135
(38)
Family Caregiving Experience
173
(42)
Support and Lack of Support for Family Caregivers
215
(24)
Personal Growth, Meaning, and Spirituality
239
(32)
The Final Days of Life
271
(18)
Memorials at the End of Life
289
(12)
Some Directions for Understanding the End of Life
301
(12)
References
313
(4)
Contributors
317
(2)
Appendix A The Missoula Demonstration Project Baseline Research
319
(6)
Appendix B Research Methodology for Studying Participants' Perspectives on the End of Life
325
(18)
Index
343
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