Art of dying / Lawrence Berk -- Dying: what happens in the cells and tissues / Lawrence Berk -- Dying: what happens to the body after death / Vernard Adams -- Quality of life at the end of life / Lodovico Balducci and Miriam Innocenti -- Legal aspects of oncology care for dying patients / Marshall B. Knapp -- Spiritual care: an essential aspect of cancer care / Kenneth J. Doka -- Religious views of the afterlife / Christopher M. Moreman -- A historical perspective of death in the western world / David San Filippo -- Economic aspects of death and dying in oncology / Vlad Dolgopolov -- Oncologists and death / Lawrence Berk -- Pediatric cancer and end-of-life / Kathleen G. Davis -- Symptom management of the dying oncology patient / Lawrence Berk.