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Direct linkRocke, Christina; Cherry, Katie E. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
In this article, we address the topic of death from historic and contemporary perspectives. In the first section, we describe the changes in life expectancy, personal experience, and public awareness of death that have occurred over the past century. In the next section, we examine the impact these changes have had on the mastery of the two…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Developmental Tasks, Death, Cultural Context
