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... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > disposition of the deceased > live burial
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > disposition of the deceased > live burial
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > disposition of the deceased > live burial
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > disposition of the deceased > live burial

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live burial  

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  • Burial alive has been used as a form of torture to induce panic and physiological breakdown, and state endorsed and illegal cases have been documented from India, Russia, China, the United States, and Europe. This entry focuses on a much more extraordinary form of live burial: that which occurs as a part of social and cultural practice. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Buried Alive]

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  • vivisepulture

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