THE LAST OF LIFE: PSYCHOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON OLD AGE AND DEATH

被引:8
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作者
Leavy, Stanley A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
来源
PSYCHOANALYTIC QUARTERLY | 2011年 / 80卷 / 03期
关键词
Old age; dying; death; bereavement; temporality; marriage; transcendence; religion; stages of life; defenses;
D O I
10.1002/j.2167-4086.2011.tb00102.x
中图分类号
B84-0 [心理学理论];
学科分类号
040201 ;
摘要
A long-retired psychoanalyst considers his old age and bereavement and the brief span of life remaining. The greater imminence of death now than, at any earlier time in life calls for more than currently available satisfactions, however rewarding they may be. Seeing life as a whole is now a possibility, while the death of his wife reveals more than ever their interrelatedness as a pair and strengthens the hope of continuity.
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页码:699 / 715
页数:17
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