Gusterson and Besteman, eds., The Insecure American: How We Got Here and What We Should Do About It UC Press, 2010
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Death Without Weeping UC Press, 1992
Death has become something to be avoided at all costs. But what are the costs of having, and acting upon, that mindset? Nancy Scheper-Hughes comments on the culture of fear around death and dying in the US, and puts it into historical and cultural context. She also talks about body theft, the Terri Schiavo case, and her and her parents' experiences as the latter's health declined.