Shneidman, Edwin S <br/><br/>
Voices of death 

 - 1st ed 
 - New York  Harper and Row  c1980 
 - xii, 206p.; bibliog. notes; index 
<br/><br/>1 The rutters of death. Part 1 - Self-destruction. 2 Return from death: reflections of fortuitous survivors. 3 Self-destruction: suicide notes and tragic lives. Part 2 - Enemies, without and within. 4 Execution: Letters of enforced death. 5 Malignancy: Dialogues with life-threatening illnesses. Part 3 - Mourning. 6 Self-mourning and premourning: preparations before the act. 7 Mourning: voices of the bereaved. Part 4 - Concluding thoughts. 8 Toward a better death 
<br/><br/> '...composed of personal documents--letters, diaries, journals, confessions, reminiscences, interviews, and suicide notes--written or recorded by people threatened by death.  Searing, often beautiful, accounts of the human spirit in heroism and despair, each in its own way is a rutter for the passage we must all make.  Interwoven with the personal documents are Dr. Shneidman's own humane and searching comments and suggestions.' 
<br/><br/> Hardcover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060140232 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>79002636 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death<br/>Suicide<br/>Sick--Psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BD444 .S48 1980