Meaning management theory and death acceptance

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 65-88

  Wong, Paul T P ^a  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809679     Document Type: Chapter

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