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Faith, Fantasy, and Flowers: A Content Analysis of the American Sympathy Card
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In this article, a sample of American sympathy cards is analyzed, and symbols, colors, and message wording and form are reviewed, and responses of college students to sympathy cards are evaluated.Abstract:
A sample of American sympathy cards is content analyzed, and symbols, colors, and message wording and form are reviewed. In addition, responses of college students to sympathy cards are evaluated. ...read more
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Death and Ethnicity: A Psychocultural Study
TL;DR: This book is valuable for those who plan projects, programs, courses, and services concerned with death and bereavement, and those who fund, plan, direct, and perform those services.
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On Death and Dying
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