The Understanding of Death and Dying in a Life-Span Perspective

Individuals (n=54) from across adult life span wrote essays about death and dying. Examined extent to which essays were concerned with death or dying and self, others, or more abstract conceptions, as well as level of impact, involvement, and acceptance. Discussions of death were more frequent and m...

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Published inThe Gerontologist Vol. 33; no. 3; p. 366
Main Author de Vries, Brian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1993
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Adults
Age Differences
Age Factors
Aged
Anxiety - psychology
Attitude to Death
Autobiography as Topic
Death
Female
Grief
Human Development
Humans
Life Review
Male
Middle Aged
Older Adults
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Terminal Care - psychology
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Summary:Individuals (n=54) from across adult life span wrote essays about death and dying. Examined extent to which essays were concerned with death or dying and self, others, or more abstract conceptions, as well as level of impact, involvement, and acceptance. Discussions of death were more frequent and more complex than discussions of dying. (Author/.NB)
ISSN:0016-9013
DOI:10.1093/geront/33.3.366