@article{ref1,
title="Death writ large",
journal="Death studies",
year="2004",
author="Kastenbaum, Robert",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="375-392",
abstract="Mainstream thanatology has devoted its efforts to improving the understanding, care, and social integration of people who are confronted with life-threatening illness or bereavement. This article suggests that it might now be time to expand the scope and mission to include large-scale death and death that occurs through complex and multi-domain processes. Obstacles to developing a systematic macrothanatology are identified. The 9-11-01 terrorist attacks on America are discussed as an example of mass death with complex correlates and consequences. Other examples are taken from the realms of war, disease, disaster, and extinction.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}