ABSTRACT
The timeless human fear of dying and death follows a rough chronologyabsent in the very young who are unaware of death, denied in the toddler whose awareness is processed magically, avoided in the adolescent whose potential for dying is muffled by the intense drive for vigorous individuality, acknowledged in the young adult, strong and prevailing in parents who worry how their death might affect others, lessened and at times virtually absent in the geriatric individual who is suffering or disabled.
