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Death Attitudes and the Older Adult

ABSTRACT

This innovative and informative new text bridges the fields of gerontology and thanatology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part 1|84 pages

Theories and Concepts

chapter 1|20 pages

Attitudes about Life and Death: Toward a Comprehensive Model of Death Anxiety 1

chapter 2|14 pages

Meaning of Life and Meaning of Death in Successful Aging

chapter 3|-2 pages

Transcending the Self: A Terror Management Perspective on Successful Aging

chapter 4|20 pages

Microsuicide and the Elderly: A Basic Defense Against Death Anxiety

part 2|2 pages

Death Attitudes in Older Adults: Empirical Findings

chapter 5|8 pages

Death-Related Attitudes: Conceptual Distinctions

chapter 6|15 pages

Correlates of Death Anxiety in Older Adults: A Comprehensive Review

chapter 7|14 pages

The Structure of the Revised Death Anxiety Scale in Young and Old Adults

chapter 8|14 pages

Death Anxiety in Younger and Older Adults

chapter 9|18 pages

Beliefs about Self, Life, and Death: Testing Aspects of a Comprehensive Model of Death Anxiety and Death Attitudes

part III|2 pages

Attitudes Toward the Older Adult and End of Life Decisions

chapter 10|18 pages

Ageism and Elderly Suicide: The Intimate Connection

chapter 11|18 pages

Older Adult’s Ethnicity, Fear of Death, and End-of-Life Decisions

chapter 12|18 pages

Israeli Nurses’ Attitudes toward End of Life of Middle Aged and Old Terminally III Patients

chapter 13|16 pages

Death Anxiety in Nursing Home Personnel as a Function of Race

chapter 14|12 pages

Hospice Care and the Older Person

part IV|2 pages

CONCLUSIONS

chapter 15|16 pages

Spirituality and Counseling of the Older Adult

chapter 16|24 pages

Death Attitudes and Aging in the 21st Century

chapter 17|8 pages

Death Attitudes and the Older Adult: Closing Thoughts and Open Questions