Callahan, D. (1993). The troubled dream of life: Living with mortality. New York: Simon & Schuster. An expert on medical ethics offers his personal experiences and insights into the controversies surrounding euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the medical technologies that can prolong life. For society to resolve these issues, he says that we must think about death itself, clarifying its meaning in our lives.

Edleman, H. (1994). Motherless daughters: The legacy of loss. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. The author shares her own experience and as well as interviews from other women who lost their mothers early in life.

Lifton, R. J. (1996). The broken connection: On death and the continuity of life. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc. This book explores the inescapable connections between death and life and the psychiatric disorders that arise from these connections.

Nuland, S. B. (1994). How we die: Reflections on life's final chapter. New York: Knopf. This warm and compassionate work aims to clarify and demythologize the experience of death. By focusing on the details of various ways of dying, the author helps us to understand what death is really like, dispelling cultural myths and inaccurate beliefs.

Taylor, N. (1993). A necessary end. New York: Nana Talese. In this work, beautifully illustrated with woodcuts, the author tells the story of his parents' death and of his search for meaning in their life and his own. Sometimes annoyed at this parents for their quirks, the author ultimately shows compassion for them as well as for the reader, recognizing that most of us will face the death of our own parents.

Werth, J. L. (1996). Rational suicide? Implications for mental health professionals. Bristol, PA: Taylor and Francis. Based on the experiences of a psychologist working with people with AIDS, Werth opens the door for people contemplating suicide to discuss the pertinent issues with their therapists. This book is designed to take suicide out of the mental illness category.