The first of three reports documenting OSI's Project on Death in America (PDIA), this publication describes the work of the programs and individuals who received PDIA funding from July 1994 to December 1997. During this period, PDIA supported innovative approaches to understanding and changing the process of dying and bereavement. The program encouraged efforts in the following areas:

• Epidemiology, ethnography, and history of dying and bereavement in the United States;
• Physical, emotional, spiritual, and existential components in dying and bereavement;
• Contribution of the arts and humanities;
• New service delivery models for the dying and their families and friends;
• Educational programs for the public about death and dying;
• Educational programs for the health care professional;
• The shaping of governmental and institutional policy.

The entire report or individual sections are available for download below.