thanatology

[than″ah-tol´ah-je]

the medicolegal study of death and conditions affecting dead bodies.

than·a·tol·o·gy

(than'ă-tol'ŏ-jē),

The branch of science concerned with the study of death and dying.

[thanato- + G. logos, study]

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thanatology

(thăn′ə-tŏl′ə-jē)

The study of death and dying, especially in their psychological and social aspects.

than′a·to·log′i·cal (-tl-ŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.

than′a·tol′o·gist n.

than·a·tol·o·gy

(than'ă-tol'ŏ-jē)

The branch of science concerned with the study of death and dying.

[thanato- + G. logos, study]

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thanatology

1. The study of death.

2. The forensic study of the causes of death and their relation to postmortem appearances.

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Thanatology

The medical, psychological, or legal study of death and dying.

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References in periodicals archive

The final chapter, 'Apercus du monde mineral: semiotique du durcissement', is (as the title hints) less exclusively focused on the thanatological theme, discussing the links between mineral imagery and a range of psychological states--'la souffrance mentale', 'la jalousie', 'l'indifference feinte'--before engaging with subjects more obviously linked to death, such as heredity and ageing.

Imaginaire et ecriture de la mort dans l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust

In this essay, I want to delineate the most prominent thanatological themes of Sabbath's Theater.

Portrait of the sexist as a dying man: death, ideology, and the erotic in Philip Roth's 'Sabbath's Theater.'

consideration several thanatological theories and begins to weave together

Lifting the Taboo: Women, Death and Dying

We should add that a new, autonomous theme found in this volume is the thanatological subject matter.

Sociology and psychology--the scope of cooperation in studying the problems of health and disease

The paradox that eluded metaphysics is as follows: thinking death we think indeed only our dependence on it creating thus a thanatological subject.

Philosophy manifesto

In addition, connections are offered between these advances in thanatological theory and the theories commonly used in practice by mental health counselors.

Connections between counseling theories and current theories of grief and mourning

(1) At least two classical writers before him had inflected the last-named genre with a dark, thanatological colour.

'Mors viva': literary renderings of life-to-death transitions

The thanatological literature identifies the pediatric ward as a potential source of profound frustration, anguish, and personal and professional stress for caregivers, yet only one study was found that addressed the stress experienced by staff working with such children (Woolley, Stein, Forrest & Baum, 1989).

Caring for dying children: nurses' experiences

Thanatological themes in Polish sociomedical literature have been clearly discernible since the 1980s.

Thanatological problems in Polish classical medical sociology