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On dying and denying : a psychiatric study of terminality
- Title
- On dying and denying : a psychiatric study of terminality / Avery D. Weisman ; foreword by Herman Feifel.
- Author
- Weisman, Avery D.
- Publication
- New York : Behavioral Publications, Inc., 1972.
- ©1972.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Feifel, Herman
- Description
- xvii, 247 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Investigates the practical significance of mortality. Its position is that dying and denying are basic counterparts - dying is seen as a dynamic phase of living, rather than as end-product.
- Series Statement
- Gerontology series
- Uniform Title
- Gerontology series (Behavioral Publications, Inc.)
- Subject
- Terminally ill > Psychology
- Denial (Psychology)
- Death > Psychological aspects
- Death
- Terminal care > Psychological aspects
- Hospice care > Psychological aspects
- Death
- Dementia
- Geriatrics
- Terminal Care
- Denial, Psychological
- Attitude to Death
- Hospice Care
- deaths
- Terminal care
- Hospice care
- Death > Psychological aspects
- Terminally ill > Psychology
- Mort > Aspect psychologique
- Gériatrie
- Démence sénile
- Soins en phase terminale
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 227-237.
- Contents
- The practical significance of morality -- Basic concepts and assumptions -- Common misconceptions about death and denial -- Case material and methods -- Denial and middle knowledge -- Denial and acceptance in myocardial infarction and cancer -- The terminal stage -- Death from terminal old age -- Indications of impending death -- Counterparts of death -- Death and responsibility -- Illusion and incipient death.
- ISBN
- 0877050686
- 9780877050681
- LCCN
- 79174268
- OCLC
- ocm00456509
- 456509
- SCSB-280861
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library