ABSTRACT
Perceptions of ethical and legal issues related to death education are quite polarized. This chapter will summarize ethical and legal issues related to death education from a range of perspectives. Literature can be categorized into contributions from two camps of authors: the advocates or believers (widely published thanatology scholars, death educators, and experienced clinicians affiliated with hospice or thanatology-oriented areas of practice) and the critics (stories published in the mass media or by conservative columnists). The absence of literature representing a third camp-the skeptics-is surprising.
