The Christian art of dying : learning from Jesus / Allen Verhey.

Part 1. Medicalized dying
From "tame death" to "medicalized death"
In praise of medicine : and what went wrong on the way to "medicalization"
Challenging "medicalization" : patient rights, "natural death," and hospice
The silence and surrender of the church
Part 2. Ars moriendi
Death and the art of dying in the fifteenth century
The "commendation of death"
The "temptacions" and the virtues
The temptations and the virtues : an assessment
"Interrogaciones," "instructions," and prayers
Part 3. Faith and faithfulness in the face of death : toward a contemporary ars moriendi
A "commendacion" of life
The "instruction" : remember and follow Jesus
The virtues for dying well
Part 4. The practices of Christian community and the practices of dying well and caring well for the dying
Gathering on the Lord's day
Some practices old and new
The practice of care
Last words.