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aging and the life course
death and dying
conceptualizations of death
sociological perspectives on death
Preferred term
dying as deviance
Definition
- The word deviance is derived from the Latin verb deviare, meaning “to deviate.” To deviate is to extend outside the parameters of normative expectation. Dying as deviance, then, is a death that occurs in other than an expected condition, manner, or situation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Deviance, Dying As]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/dying_as_deviance
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