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Peer reviewedKastenbaum, Robert – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1988
Illustrates current status of thanatological research by examining the most popular line of empirical investigation (death anxiety as assessed by self-report scales) and the most sweeping theoretical approach yet proposed (Freud's death instinct). Notes that the most popular vein of research and most spectacular theory have almost no relationship…
Descriptors: Death, Research and Development, Research Needs, Theories
