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  2. Western Attitudes Toward Death from the Middle Ages to the ...

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    He maintains that Americans do deny death as a part of life, and they are equally likely to die alone in hospital, but once death actually occurs Americans have rituals that are all their own. Embalming became common practice in America by the early to mid-twentieth century, and American funerals are distinguished by the " wake " or viewing of ...

  3. Terminal illness - Wikipedia

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    Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, dementia, advanced heart disease, and for HIV/AIDS, or long COVID in bad cases, rather than for injury.

  4. Near-death experience - Wikipedia

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    The equivalent French term expérience de mort imminente ("experience of imminent death") was proposed by French psychologist and epistemologist Victor Egger as a result of discussions in the 1890s among philosophers and psychologists concerning climbers' stories of the panoramic life review during falls.

  5. Some ob-gyns have to wait until a woman faces ‘imminent death ...

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    Why the 'imminent death' exemption is problematic. Women's health expert Dr. Jennifer Wider tells Yahoo Life that "it's hard to figure out the reasoning behind a restriction like this. It makes no ...

  6. 40 Bible Verses About Death That Give Comfort And Hope For ...

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    Thinking about our own imminent death or the death of a loved one can be scary. But there is hope and comfort in knowing that although death is the ending of life on this earth, eternal life is in ...

  7. Being Mortal - Wikipedia

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    Gawande emphasizes the notion that people nearing death should be given the opportunity to live a meaningful life and still have a purpose. In the latter part of the book, Gawande shifts to end-of-life medical care and mentions practices such as euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. He postulates that hospice is the most humane model of care.

  8. One woman's 56-year fight to free her innocent brother from ...

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    James Welsh, lead author of a 2009 Amnesty International report into conditions on death row, noted that "the daily threat of imminent death is cruel, inhuman and degrading".

  9. Mortality salience - Wikipedia

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    Mortality salience is highly manipulated by one's self-esteem. People with low self-esteem are more apt to experience the effects of mortality salience, whereas people with high self-esteem are better able to cope with the idea that their death is uncontrollable.