The Death Class: A True Story About Life (39 page)

Jim (hospice patient),
87
,
88

Joplin, Mo.,
212
,
213
,
226

Journal of Neurophysiology,
47
,
48

Jung, Carl,
209

juvenile boot camps,
97
,
103
,
104
,
128

Kalich, Deann,
15

Katrina, Hurricane,
226

Kean University,
xvii
-xviii,
xx
,
13
,
37
,
60
,
61
,
71
,
72
,
78
,
105
,
113
,
115
,
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,
123
,
139
,
147
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
227

see also
Death in Perspective class

Kruse, William Allen,
199

Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth,
xix

Lacy Foundation,
202

Lal, Parneeta,
xii
,
xiv
-xv,
215
–17

Lal, Parnesh,
216
,
217

Lal, Sangeeta,
xi
-xv,
xvii
,
215
,
216
,
217

author’s “good-bye letter” to,
xxii
,
3
,
214

murder of,
xii
,
xiii
-xiv

Latin Kings,
102
,
110

“letter to your younger self” assignment,
49
,
76

Liberation Prison Project,
120

Life After Life
(Moody),
12

life cycle theory,
see
stage theory

life reviews,
124
–25,
126

Linda (Norma’s mother),
22
–23,
24
,
28
–31,
33
,
94

abusiveness of,
29
–30,
32
,
94
,
95

death of,
122
–27,
140

Norma’s estrangement from,
123
,
125
–26

liver,
9

living wills,
123
,
176

livor mortis,
11

Los Angeles Times,
xv

love:

biology of,
47
–48

real,
48
,
74
–75,
86
,
122

McCracken Funeral Home,
130
,
139
–41,
145

McCray, James Yukon,
xi
,
xii
-xiv

McVeigh, Timothy,
xi

Mafia,
32
,
91
,
112
,
113

manic episodes,
42
–43,
65

Manly, Mary,
15
–16

Margaret (Stephanie’s mother),
78
,
79
–81

marijuana,
100
,
154
,
155

medical examiners,
13
–14,
36
,
44
–45,
85

medical proxies,
123

medical school,
33

Memories, Dreams, Reflections
(Jung),
209

memory gardens,
204
,
207
,
225
–26

mental illness,
42
–44,
59
,
172
,
178

awareness and outreach project for,
173
–75,
185
–86

bipolar disorder,
42
–43,
65
,
66

delusional episodes and,
57
–58,
65
,
67
–70,
71
,
72
–73,
163

homelessness and,
65
,
163
,
172
,
174

in Josh Steingraber,
58
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
65
–73,
131
–32,
133
,
134
–35,
163
,
187

in prison population,
170
–71,
172
,
174

schizophrenia,
43
–44,
66
,
69
,
70
–73,
163
,
172
,
173
–74,
178
,
187

suicidal tendencies and,
43
–44,
72
,
132
,
134
,
135
,
163
,
171
,
173
–74,
178

see also
psychiatric hospitals

Milarepa (Tibetan yogi),
121

Moody, Raymond,
12

MSNBC,
198

Muhlenberg School of Nursing,
33

Native Americans,
198
–99

near-death experiences,
xxi
-xxii,
11
–12,
90
–91

Newark garden project,
225
–26,
228

New Hampshire,
95
,
220

New Jersey,
22
,
23
,
54
,
55
,
131
,
149
,
153
,
156
,
185
,
190
,
193

closing of mental health treatment centers in,
172

Division of Youth and Family Services,
158

earthquake in,
221

Hurricane Sandy in,
227

New Orleans, La.,
198
,
213

Newport News, Va.,
22
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
219

Norma’s birthday excursion to,
221
–24

New York Presbyterian Hospital,
89

New York Times, The,
57
,
89
,
221

Nicole (homeless teen),
150
,
159
,
160

norepinephrine,
48

Norm (Norma’s father),
22
–23,
24
,
28
–29,
30
,
91
–92,
94
,
95
,
114
–15,
122
,
123
,
125
,
152
,
177

final good-bye to Linda by,
126

Mafia ties of,
31
–32,
85
,
91
,
113
,
125

at Norma’s graduation,
34
–35

Norman (Norma’s partner),
18
,
19
,
20
,
35
,
89

Norma’s car accident and,
179
–80,
181
–82,
197

Norris Hall (Virginia Tech),
xvi
,
201
–2,
204
,
205
,
206
,
207
,
208

Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention in,
201
–2,
208
,
209

Northern State Prison,
106
,
107
–16,
120
,
127
,
128

Buddhism classes at,
120
–21

Norma’s classes at,
113
–16,
178

psychiatric unit of,
170
–71

student-prisoner sessions at,
107
,
111
–13,
114

Nowak, Jerzy,
xvi
-xvii,
202
,
204
–9,
210
,
211
–12,
223

Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention founded by,
201
–2,
208
,
209
,
226

Traumatology
essay of,
205
,
208

Nowak, Sylvie,
205
,
206
–7

Nuland, Sherwin B.,
10
–11

Obama, Barack,
89
,
147
,
148

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
11
,
37
–38,
41
,
44
,
45
,
57
,
61
,
73
,
191
,
227

Offshore Motel,
78
–81

Oklahoma City bombing,
xi
,
xiv

Olbermann, Keith,
198
–99

Oliver, Mary,
vii

Omega Institute,
19
,
212

“On Death” (Gibran),
16

panic attacks,
41
,
137

paranoid schizophrenia,
66
,
71
–73

see also
schizophrenia

personality, evolution of,
24
,
25

see also
stage theory

Peterson, Eric,
xv
-xvi

plane crashes,
xxi
-xxii,
199

Princeton University,
63
–64

prison,
6
,
44
,
55
–56,
78
,
103
–4,
119
–20,
149
,
152
,
183
,
211
,
216

class field trips to,
106
,
107
–13,
114
,
127
,
170
–71

mental illness in,
170
–72,
174

Norma’s classes in,
83
,
113
–16,
178
–79,
197

religious studies in,
119
,
120
–21

suicide and,
112
,
171

see also
Northern State Prison

Prolixin,
43

psychiatric hospitals,
xviii
,
6
,
178
,
191

class field trips to,
171
–72

Josh’s stay in,
70
–73,
171
,
172

massive closings of,
172

Norma as nurse at,
33
–34,
42
–44,
85

Puerto Rico,
99
,
103
,
129

Quindlen, Anna,
15

Randolph, Preston,
198

“Red” (Gulf Coast fisherman),
226
–27

Red Cross,
207

religion and spirituality,
xxii
,
13
,
24
,
134
,
161

Buddhism,
84
–85,
119
,
120
–21

class writing assignment on,
165

in Norma’s background,
19
,
22

in prison,
114
,
119
,
120
–21

retreats of,
19
,
84
–85,
92

“rewind button” assignment,
36
,
38
–39,
42

Righetti, Christopher,
109

right to die,
184

rigor mortis,
11

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,
180

Rodda, Chris,
20
,
21
,
198
,
199

Rosedale & Rosehill Cemetery,
6
,
7
–8

Rutgers University,
18
,
19
,
43
,
89
,
212

Sadi, Suraia,
50
–51,
134

murder of,
50
,
51
–52,
56
,
57
–58,
132
,
162
,
185

Sally (hospice director),
86
–87

San Diego, Calif.,
185
,
186
–87,
190
,
193
,
228

Sandy, Hurricane,
227

schizophrenia,
43
–44,
66
,
69
,
70
–73,
163
,
172
,
173
–74,
178
,
187

see also
Steingraber, Josh

school psychologists,
44
,
227

Schopenhauer, Arthur,
14

serotonin,
48

sex change operations,
85

sexual abuse,
117
,
121

shame,
43
,
97
,
105
,
108
,
224

in Erikson’s stage theory,
27
,
28
,
95

Sharif, Darrin,
225
–26

Short Guide to Happy Life, A
(Quindlen),
15

Sluyter, Dean,
120
–21

Sociology of Death and Dying course,
15

Spitz, René,
27

stage theory,
25
–28,
74
–75,
86
,
88
,
95
,
121
–22,
126
,
200
,
209
,
223
,
234
–35

Stein, Rosalie H.,
22
,
23
,
28
,
33
,
93
–95,
123

death of,
94
–95,
127
,
219

grave of,
222
–23,
224

Norma’s birthday excursion to old home of,
221
–22

Norma’s relationship with,
24
,
92
–93,
94
,
124
,
219

Steingraber, Brett,
134
,
141
,
185

mental health issues of,
57
–58,
66
,
70
,
71
–72,
163
,
171

murder of ex-wife by,
51
–54,
56
,
132
,
162
–63