Vida y muerte en el pensamiento indígena iku (arhuaco) by Ginna Marcela Rivera Rodríguez

“…This article explores the understanding of life and death among the Iku (Arhuaco) Indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in northern Colombia. …”
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Disparity in attitudes regarding assisted dying among physicians and the general public in Japan by Yoshiyuki Takimoto, Tadanori Nabeshima

“…This disparity may be attributed to the influence of the Buddhist view of life and death and family-centeredness in the Japanese culture, which affects people’s attitudes towards assisted dying. …”
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Finnish parents’ perceptions of death following the traumatic death of a child by Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin, Terhi Talvitie, Eetu Laitinen, Anna Liisa Aho

“…However, the traumatic death of a child challenges parents’ understanding of life and death. If parents are unable to form their own perceptions of death after such a loss, it can hinder their ability to cope and adjust. …”
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Probiotics to Prevent the Need for, and Augment the Use of, Antibiotics by Gregor Reid

“…In some cases, probiotics will be the difference between a good quality of life and a bad one, or perhaps even life over death. Improvements in clinical studies, manufacturing and regulatory standards must coincide with this progress to ensure that physicians and consumers have reliable, proven products for safe and efficacious use.…”
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City Cemeteries as Cultural Attractions: Towards an Understanding of Foreign Visitors’ Attitude at the National Graveyard in Budapest by Brigitta Pécsek

“…Although urban cemeteries as ritual meeting points of life and death have become an integral part of city tourism, contemporary tourism literature mostly embeds them in dark tourism or thanatourism, neglecting the experience-rich potentials of cemeteries as cultural products. …”
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Yeast as a Tool to Study Signaling Pathways in Mitochondrial Stress Response and Cytoprotection by Maša Ždralević, Nicoletta Guaragnella, Lucia Antonacci, Ersilia Marra, Sergio Giannattasio

“…Mitochondria, in addition to supplying cellular energy, are involved in a range of processes deciding about cellular life or death. The crucial role of mitochondria in cell death is well recognized. …”
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Mortality Reimagined: Going through Deleuze’s Encounter with Death by Sariyar Murat

“…It encourages a reexamination of the boundaries between life and death from an immanent standpoint, enriching traditional perspectives.…”
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The Duty of Adverse Drug Reaction Alerting from the Perspective of Laws, Current Practices, and Guidelines Related to a Comparative Rights Approach by milad mashayekh, vali eslami

“…From the point of view of production, the current era can be considered as the era of complex products, because we have passed from the era of traditional products to the industrial one and we are witnessing the strong role of industry in the current life of people from life to death. One of the examples of the expansion of industry can be It was clearly observed in the production and supply of pharmaceutical products. …”
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Exploring symbolism in Hu Ru Gui by Malaysian Chinese writer Dai Xiaohua among Chinese tertiary students by Shi Shao Hua, Revathi Gopal

“…The themes range from attitudes towards life and death, the national ridge of defending the motherland’s dignity, and the patriotic values internalized deeply from generation to generation beyond time, location, and culture. …”
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Moral Permissibility of Euthanasia- A Bangladesh Context by Nilufa Yasmin

“…A patient who is in a vegetative state, unable to sustain life with dignity, and who is suffering from a terminal illness, has freedom to choose between life and death. The practice of "mercy killing," or euthanasia is an ongoing debate in the discussion of medical ethics. …”
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Digital Representations of Illness: Key Issues in Cancer Patient Narratives by Jennifer Moreno

“…., 2014) to explore how cancer, illness, health, life and death are represented. Preliminary findings show that, although the word ‘cancer’ seems to be commonly used by English-speaking cancer patients, they do not often talk about death, especially about their own, suggesting that death may still be a taboo in our society. …”
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Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: Can linguistic and semiotic analysis clarify their contrasts? by William J. Sullivan, Sarah Tsiang

“…With EO we begin with the teachings about life after death and provide a first approximation of Heaven and Hell and their relation to Paradise and Hades, both in characteristics and functions. …”
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Development of web- and mobile-based shared decision-making tools in the neurological intensive care unit by Winnie L. Liu, Lidan Zhang, Soussan Djamasbi, Bengisu Tulu, Susanne Muehlschlegel

“…The responsibility of making life-or-death decisions, such as goals of care, is carried by surrogate decision-makers, usually families. …”
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Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. by Valerie Elliot, Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Allison Cammer, Megan E O'Connell

“…<h4>Results</h4>All items were described and illustrated by frequency distribution, findings were grouped thematically, and five key themes emerged, including: 1) Knowledge about dementia, 2) Availability, accessibility, and utilization of palliative and end-of-life care services and supports, 3) Decision-making about care, the value of a person-centered approach and collaborative support, 4) Perspectives on artificial nutrition, hydration, and comfort care, and 5) Quality of life and death. The main gap identified was literature pertaining to rural populations, especially from locations other than the United States. …”
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Existential concerns among young adults with psychotic vulnerability in mental health care: a qualitative study in the Netherlands by Marlous L. D. de Vries, Pauline Janse, Christa W. Anbeek, Arjan W. Braam

“…., loss of self, changed identity) and death (e.g., questioning life and death). The five existential themes appeared to be related to each other. …”
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Healthcare trajectories of aging individuals during their last year of life: application of process mining methods to administrative health databases by Delphine Bosson-Rieutort, Alexandra Langford-Avelar, Juliette Duc, Benjamin Dalmas

“…Abstract Context World is aging and the prevalence of chronic diseases is raising with age, increasing financial strain on organizations but also affecting patients’ quality of life until death. Research on healthcare trajectories has gained importance, as it can help anticipate patients’ needs and optimize service organization. …”
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Les textiles dans les tombes gauloises à dépôt de crémation en vase métallique : usages pratiques, mises en scène et perspectives anthropologiques (seconde moitié du vie s.-ve s. a... by Elsa Desplanques

“…Neither leaving visible nor hiding represent trivial choices: the available ancient sources underscore the close connection between seeing and not seeing, and between life and death. In ancient texts and iconography, death is often described as an opaque material or nebulous envelope. …”
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The effects of prenatal deaths on national life expectancy: case study U.S.A. by Madeleine R. Hollman, Joshua Pearce

“…These assumptions mask low life-year deaths and obscure results of medical and environmental interventions, thus falsely indicating higher life expectancies. …”
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