The Intimacy of Death and Dying

Foreword / Anne by Deveson -- Preface -- Talking about death -- Losing my mother to cancer / Maggie Haertsch -- Embracing death -- Travelling across the world to be with my dying father / Claire Leimbach -- Choosing burial or cremation -- Making my mother's last summer special / David Hauserman -- Getting the funeral organised -- Caring for my dying father at home / Kate Maguire -- Dying at home -- Losing my mother to Alzheimer's / Anna Maguire -- Dying in hospital or a hospice -- The magic of a dying wish / Trypheyna McShane -- Supporting someone with a terminal illness -- Single, but not alone / Laura Upsall -- Putting together the ceremony -- A brilliant ending / Yantra de Vilder -- Taking care of the practical details -- Till death do us party / Tony Narracott and Zenith Virago -- Organising the wake -- Caring for my ex-husband / Harriett Clutterbuck -- Caring for the carers -- Losing a young father and husband / Jennifer Lalor -- Helping our children with grief -- Suddenly she was gone / Zenith Virago -- Spending time with the body -- Lost at sea / Jill Trevillian -- When you don't have a body to grieve over -- Never coming home from work / Trypheyna McShane -- Workplace accidents -- Losing my husband to suicide / Gayle Cue -- When someone takes their own life -- My teenage son died on the road / Chris Green and friends -- Unexpected outcomes -- Losing our daughter to ecstasy / Angela and Tony Wood -- Supporting teenagers -- Two babies, one heartbeat / Jodi Osborne -- Death of little ones -- My first baby dies at birth / Vanessa Gorman -- Acknowledging grief -- Losing my little son / Lulu Exton Pery -- Creativity in grief -- My little boy sensed his death / Carmella B'Hahn -- Premonitions and insights -- It's never too late / Natasha Burns -- The gift of humour / Jean-Paul Bell.