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Fear of the Unknown
Enlightened Aid-in-Dying
Arthur S. Berger, Joyce Berger
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Fear of the Unknown

Enlightened Aid-in-Dying

Arthur S. Berger, Joyce Berger Arthur S. Berger, Joyce Berger

March 1995

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...discusses life and death, and the possibility of survival of death as a need for the health care team.

How do doctors and nurses communicate with frightened patients who are dying, address the needs and concerns of the patients, and help the patients arrive at an acceptance of death? This work deals with the relationship that the health care team has with the dying and how well that team is prepared to address the fears of the dying. In addition, the health care team must learn to deal with their own emotions and ignorance concerning death. This work should be of interest to those professions that deal closely with dying people.
Introduction
Views of Death: General and Medical Implications
Views of Death
Personal Continuance View: Impact on the Dying Patient, Physician, Nurse, and Chaplain
Investigations and Pre-Death Phenomena
A Century of Investigation
Extrasensory Perception
Out-of-Body Experience
The Near-Death Experience
Deathbed Visions
At Death Phenomena
At Death
Post-Death Phenomena
Mental Mediumship
Reincarnation
Hauntings, Ghosts, and Apparitions
Appraisal and Judgment
Critical Appraisal
Evaluation, Persuasion, and Aid-in-Dying
Endorsements
Fear of the Unknown meets head-on the problem that has caused more suffering for more human beings than all diseases combined: the fear of death. This book is an impressive survey of the attempts of researchers to 'look beyond.' It is a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the question of survival, and will help anyone deal more compassionately with the sick and dying.—Larry Dossey, M.D. author of Healing Words Recovering the Soul

Do we survive death? How we answer this question could make a significant difference in the way we cope with the dying process. Here is a well-informed and responsible presentation that could, indeed, reduce Fear of the Unknown. Recommended to believers, skeptics, and especially 'inbetweeners.' This book is innovative in its application of the survival literature to current aid-in-dying concerns, and it was a pleasure to read.—Robert Kastenbaum, Ph.D. editor, OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying





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