Choices for living : coping with fear of dying /

Although many books are written about bereavement, very few are written about the fear of one's own death and most of these focus chiefly on terminal illness. In contrast, this book looks at the ways in which the fear of death operates on a back burner throughout our lives and how it influences...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Langner, Thomas S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, ©2002.
Series:PATH in psychology.
Subjects:
Fear of death.
Conduct of life.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Fear.
Attitude to Death
Adaptation, Psychological
Fear
Peur de la mort.
Morale pratique.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
Adaptation (Psychologie)
Peur.
ethics (philosophical concept)
fear.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Anxieties & Phobias.
SELF-HELP > Anxieties & Phobias.
Death > Psychological aspects
Conduct of life
Fear of death
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Attitudes toward death
  • The probable causes of the fear of dying
  • Creativity
  • Love
  • Humor
  • Intellectualization
  • Procreation
  • Obsessive--compulsive behavior
  • Living life to the hilt, living better, living longer
  • Group membership
  • Religion
  • Mementos and monuments
  • counterphobic behavior
  • Gambling
  • Dissociation
  • Repression/denial
  • Suicide
  • Projection, killing, and the problem of evil
  • Summary and conclusions.

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