Introduction by Brian B. O'Connor Part I. An Overview of the Pastoral Role Clergy and the Consumer by C. Torres The Identity and Role of Clergy by G. Jackson Death and Identity: Implications for Pastoral Care by G. Harbaugh Issues Facing Clergy on the Hospice Team by V. Samuel "The Flower Fadeth"--A Pastoral-Care Curriculum for Biblical Death Education in the Church by J. Watson Pastoral Care and Professional Burnout by D. Wessells, Jr. Part II. Death and Dying A Holistic Model for Care of the Dying by S. Moss Caring for the Dying by W. Smith Death: A Theological Reappraisal by T. McGowan The Interface of Psychiatry and Religion by R. Springer Pastoral Issues in the Care of Terminal Cancer Patients by W. Huguey Pastoral Care of the Dying Utilizing Guided Medication by J. Dulany The Euthanasia Debate and Christian Medical Ethics by L. Bird Funeral Rites: Their Impact on Individual, Family, and National Life by E. Robillard Part III. Loss and Grief The Grief Reaction: A Human Experience by H. Yarrington Remembering, I Realize--I've Been Where You're Going by E. Mahnke Pastoral Care of a Congregation and Pastor by P. Biddle Judaism and Pastoral Care: Dying, Death, and Bereavement by A. Gordon Christian Witness and the Terminally Ill by W. Mays The Memorial Service in a Hospital Setting by D. Koch The Angel of Death: Narrative and Its Role in Grief by J. Topolewski Pastoral--Care Issues in Experiences of Loss, Death, and Bereavement by S. Gandy Loss, Grief, and Anticipation of Death in the Elderly by J. Pollard Grief: The Road to Recovery by A. Pangrazzi Index