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Death and Dying, Theories of

Year: 2017

Type: reference-entry

Abstract: Death is a state of the total disappearance of life. Dying is a process of decay of the vital system, which ends with clinical death. In current perspectives there are several approaches to research on death and dying; these are the clinical, the humanistic, the philosophical, the psychological, the anthropological, and the sociological perspective.

Source: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory

DOI: 10.1002/9781118430873.est0084

Authors: Artur Fabiś, Andrzej Klimczuk

Institutions: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Language: English

Topic: Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3133071375

Cites: 23

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10