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death and dying  

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  • Death is a universal in society, yet one's life expectancy and feelings about death and dying are shaped by time and place, ethnicity, culture, and social status. Medical advances have vastly increased life expectancy in many parts of the world, which has also influenced people's relationship to death and dying. [Source: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia; Death and Dying]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NX977J46-8

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