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Gerontophobia is the hatred or fear of the elderly, or a fear of age-related self-degeneration (similar to gerascophobia). The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn , "old man" [ 1 ] and φόβος – phobos , "fear". [ 2 ]
The Lester attitude death scale was developed in 1966 but not published until 1991 until its validity was established. [80] By measuring the general attitude towards death and also the inconsistencies with death attitudes, participants are scaled to their favorable value towards death. [80]
Ageism is often connected to fears of death and disability- with avoiding, segregating, and rejecting older people functioning as a coping mechanism to avoid these concepts. [12] There is a large overlap between ageism and ableism , discrimination based on disability.
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Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1] and their funerary traditions and grave art provide a unique insight into their views on death. The minimalist decoration and lack of embellishment of the early headstone designs reflect the British ...
Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company "There was a two-color process invented around 1913 by Kodak that used two glass plates in contact with each other, one being red-orange and the other ...
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