a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Ageism Aging anxiety Death anxiety Older adults Stereotypes Stigma While aging anxiety is associated with the threat of deterioration that leads to death, death anxiety is related to the threat of non-existence and to fears from an unknown afterlife, and both anxieties can lead to ageism. The current study examined the unexplored relationship between these two ex...

This study sets out to ascertain adolescents’ attitudes and opinions towards death education. To this end two instruments were designed validated: the ‘Death Education Attitudes Scale-Students’ Questionnaire-Students’. The total sample comprised 1897 secondary school students aged 12–19. Participants showed moderately positive Variables such as gender, age religious beliefs influenced results. ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the attitudes of Iranian nurses toward caring for dying patients. METHODS Nurses' attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients were examined by using two types of questionnaires: the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) and Frommelt's Attitude towards Caring for Dying Patients (FATCOD), both with a demographic survey. RESULTS The results showed that most respo...