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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779961303321

Autore

Langner Thomas S

Titolo

Choices for living [[electronic resource] ] : coping with fear of dying / / Thomas S. Langner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002

ISBN

1-280-20824-4

9786610208241

0-306-47462-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

PATH in psychology

Disciplina

616.85/225

Soggetti

Conduct of life

Fear of death

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (289-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 the choices we make and the paths that we follow in life. The author presents a `moral hierarchy' of behavior used in coping with the fear of death and dying.