Introduction: To provide systematic and public palliative care in Iran, education this care for breast cancer patients can Fear of cancer recurrence and Death Anxiety  of these patients, So the present study was conducted to determine “Effectiveness of Logotherapy on Fear of disease progression, Death Anxiety of cancer in Women with Breast Cancer”. Method: This is a quasi- experimental study wi...

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...

Background & Aim: Increasing understanding of death anxiety among different cultures and patient populations is critical to provide quality patient care. Researchers who investigate death anxiety, are looking for a reliable and valid instrument compatible with culture in order to achieve this goal. The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Templer’s Death Anxiety S...

over the past decades a number of approaches have been applied for forecasting mortality. in 1992, a new method for long-run forecast of the level and age pattern of mortality was published by lee and carter. this method was welcomed by many authors so it was extended through a wider class of generalized, parametric and nonlinear model. this model represents one of the most influential recent d...

a study of the concept of death in children's literature: an analysis of nine story books     dr. f. khoshbakht shiraz university [email protected]   abstract experts believe that the concept of death for children can be analyzed from three aspects of biological, emotional and cultural. the aim of this paper is to study the concept of death from biological (nonreturnable, unavoid...

Objectives: On the one hand, increased growth of the elderly population and on the other hand, social– economic changes, personal and family lifestyles have caused an increased number of the elderly protecting centres. The aim of the present survey is to compare the fear of death among the elderly settled in elderly home and inhabited in city houses of Isfahan. Methods & Materials: Thi...

 Background : Cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in adolescents. Psychological factors play an important role both in the development and in the sustainability and outcomes of cancer. Among these factors are Attitude to death and Anxiety sensitivity. Therefore, in this research, comparison of Attitude to death and Anxiety sensitivity between adolescents with cancer and normal adolescen...