Abstract
If you had been born at the beginning of this century, your life expectancy at birth would have been 44 years if you were male or 48 years if you were female. If you were bom today, your initial life expectancy would be 70 years or 76 years respectively. These figures reflect an ageing of the population that has occurred in all western industrial societies over the past 80 years. Although we all will die, most of us will do so at a relatively advanced age. Although we all will be bereaved, most of us will not suffer this until we are young adults or until we are in our middle years.
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Carr, A.T. (1986). Dying and bereavement. In: Psychology for Social Workers. Psychology for Professional Groups. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18151-3_17
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