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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > psychological perspectives on death
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > psychological perspectives on death
... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > psychological perspectives on death
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > psychological perspectives on death

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psychological perspectives on death  

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  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JJMFBSZJ-Q

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