This book is a resource that can stand on its own as a primary text for undergraduate and
graduate courses in death, dying, and bereavement, and can be used to good effect as a …

Purpose: This study examines how life satisfaction changes as a function of the transition
into retirement, distinguishing between different types of voluntary and involuntary exits …

Response to the death of a spouse was examined by focusing on acceptance, which was
conceptualized as both a process and an outcome. Grounded theory was applied to analyze …

With tougher sentencing laws, an increasing number of individuals are finding themselves
spending their final years of life in prison. Drawing on a sample of 327 women over the age …

The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting death attitudes among middle-
aged Koreans. In addition, the study explored the interaction effect between knowledge …

The study describes the development of the Developmental Tasks Questionnaire for Seniors
(DTQ-S), intended for assessing the level of developmental tasks attainment in old age, and …

Personal meanings given to the experience of living with nursing home death were shared
by 5 nursing home residents. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Using M …

Mixed findings have been reported on the relationship between death anxiety and aging.
However, practically all research on death anxiety is based on self‐report measures …

This article describes the social representations of death held by two groups of nurses in a
hospice setting. Focus group interviews, one with White British nurses and the other with …

This study operationalizes and assesses the percentage of “good deaths” achieved among
Chinese cancer patients in a palliative care program, the profile of these patients, the …