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psychological perspectives on death
Definition
- A variety of aspects of death impact daily life, influencing attitudes and feelings about death. Death deals with the meanings humans attach to it, their responses and reactions to loss, and the developmental aspects of death, that is, how death's salience varies across the life span. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Death, Psychological Perspectives]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/psychological_perspectives_on_death
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