The shame of death, grief, and trauma / [edited by] Jeffrey Kauffman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the primacy of shame / Jeffrey Kauffman -- Side by side / Shelley Costa -- Between shame, death, and mourning : the predispositional role of early attachments and the sense of self / Vic Shermer -- Combat, combat stress injuries, and shame / Charles R. Figley, David L. Albright, and Kathleen Regan Figley -- Healing the narcissistic injury of death in the context of western society / Darcy Harris -- Shame : a hospice worker's reflections / Alex Tyree -- Shame and death in cultural context / Paul Rosenblatt -- Mask of shame, mask of death : some reflections on the shame of death / Hilary Clark -- Using the representation of grief and shame in contemporary literature and film to train mental health professionals.