… of our mortality is unique to humans and that fear of death … A third response pattern articulated
death as unknowable, often … turns to joy or the fear turns to depression if he strikes out.” (…

… 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 …

… 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…

… , depression, and acceptance on her research done with … are terminally ill, our reflections will
not give us the support we need.… own mortality, that death anxiety surfaces, and we struggle …

… , hopelessness , and the depression they may engender? … even among the terminally ill,
may be indicative of a potentially … distinctive vocation in Christian healthcare is not so much to …

… than in the care of seriously ill and dying patients. In this chapter, we … struggling to believe in
God because s/he is depressed, or … (which invites terminally ill patients to discuss issues that …