Freud and his successors have been engaged with the topic of death and dying from the very beginning, initially focusing on the concept of grief work. With her term total pain, Cicely Saunders achieved a breakthrough for psychosomatics in medicine. The contributions in this book illustrate what psychoanalysis and palliative care can learn from each other, for example through the analysis of transference and countertransference, attachment and mentalization, archetype and symbol. At the same time, they are aimed at readers who wish to approach the topic of death and dying with the help of psychoanalysis. The second edition has been expanded with two attachment-theoretical studies on the practice of a large palliative care unit.