Although many books are written about bereavement, very few are written
about the fear of one's own death and most of these focus chiefly on
terminal illness. In contrast, this book looks at the ways in which the
fear of death operates on a back burner throughout our lives and how it
influences the choices we make and the paths that we follow in life. The
author presents a `moral hierarchy' of behavior used in coping with the
fear of death and dying.