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Choices for Living

Coping with Fear of Dying

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Thomas S. Langner

    1. Formerly School of Public Health, USA
      Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York

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Part of the book series: Path in Psychology (PATH)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Attitudes Toward Death

    Pages 1-12

  3. The Probable Causes of the Fear of Dying

    Pages 13-16

  4. Creativity

    Pages 17-24

  5. Love

    Pages 25-52

  6. Humor

    Pages 53-58

  7. Intellectualization

    Pages 59-64

  8. Procreation

    Pages 65-69

  9. Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

    Pages 71-87

  10. Living Life to the Hilt, Living Better, Living Longer

    Pages 89-102

  11. Group Membership

    Pages 103-113

  12. Religion

    Pages 115-132

  13. Mementos and Monuments

    Pages 133-157

  14. Counterphobic Behavior

    Pages 159-176

  15. Gambling

    Pages 177-180

  16. Dissociation

    Pages 181-220

  17. Repression/Denial

    Pages 221-225

  18. Suicide

    Pages 227-244

  19. Projection, Killing, and the Problem of Evil

    Pages 245-271

  20. Summary and Conclusions

    Pages 273-287
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Although many books are written about bereavement, very few are written about the fear of one's own death and most of these focus chiefly on terminal illness. In contrast, this book looks at the ways in which the fear of death operates on a back burner throughout our lives and how it influences the choices we make and the paths that we follow in life. The author presents a `moral hierarchy' of behavior used in coping with the fear of death and dying.

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  • Formerly School of Public Health, USA

    Thomas S. Langner

  • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York

    Thomas S. Langner

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