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There are two important psychological concepts in thanatology:

1. Denial: Many individuals remain in a state of denial that someone they know is going to die soon. Often, dying people do not believe that they will die. Young people especially feel as if death is something that happens to other people. As for themselves, they feel that they are immortal. 2. Loss: As people get older and experience their parents and friends dying, they recognize that death is real.

Listen to Dina Bell-Laroche discuss thanatology, the study of death and loss.

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Death and Dying Psychology