… concerns spiritual meanings attributed to the death, whether … expected (3) that mourners
bereaved by violent death losses … means (ie, old age, terminal illness, heart attack). Additionally…

… and depression, suicidal ideation, and desire for hastened death. … of desire for hastened
death in terminally ill patients22 (… ), irreversibility (once dead, dead forever), nonfunctionality (…

… public health problem as the third leading cause of mortality [2]. … coping behaviors and spiritual
struggle carry potential … important role in how individuals respond to terminal cancer [7]. It …

… that death anxiety initially increases alongside the 3 religious … of afterlife beliefs mitigated
mortality salience effects for … of comfort may not be adequate to the terminal situation of …

… concept of death and dying, influenced by religious and cultural … Here, they were dealing
with issues of their own mortality. It … It has also been associated with confusion and depression, …

… Depression and hopelessness may lead to many problems such as … as the hopelessness
of the patients increased (Tables 3, 4). … , not getting well, and fear of death may increase their …

… God for the difficulties, correlated highly with depression. … to the wedding date or experiencing
the death of a friend or family … of the Religious Struggle Scale, the results were below 3 …

… ethical and religious issues surrounding death and dying. Her … terminally-ill cancer patients
reporting Christian religious … of late life such as dementia or depression. We have heard …

… Yet that transcendental ability also compels us to affirm mortality. To … became identified with
the immaterial [3-4]. … In moments of depression or sadness we may feel sorry for ourselves. …

… Terminally ill patients generally acknowledge a greater … less spiritual care than desired
reported more depressive … the challenges they face as they consider their mortality [Citation…