The sedimentological death mask of a dying glacier

“death Primarily Belongs to the Dying”: a Contribution to the Anthropology of Death and Dying

Through ethnography of the particular –– by analysis of the experience of dying parents and the experience lived through by offspring during the process of their dying –– this paper opens up certain issues regarding the contemporary stance towards illness, death, and the treatment and care of the sick. Within the framework of anthropological, historical and psychological literature, the author ...

examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory Among Students

Objective: Attitude toward dying and death is a conceptual response, based on the individual psychosocial and cultural experiences. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Multidimensional Orientation toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F) among Iranian students. Methods: Using a convenience sampling method, we selected 320 students from...

Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory Among Students

Objective: Attitude toward dying and death is a conceptual response, based on the individual psychosocial and cultural experiences. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Multidimensional Orientation toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F) among Iranian students. Methods: Using a convenience sampling method, we selected 320 students from...

Doctors, death and dying.

Death, dying, and domination.

This Article critiques conventional liberal arguments for the right to die on liberal grounds. It contends that these arguments do not go far enough to recognize and address private, and in particular structural, forms of domination. It presents an alternative that does, which is thus more respectful of true freedom in the context of death and dying, and also more consistent with liberalism. Af...