Choices for Living

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

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.

• Creativity
• behavior
• coping
• research
• suicide
• psychopharmacology

• Formerly School of Public Health, USA

  Thomas S. Langner

• Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York

  Thomas S. Langner

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