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Article: Moment of Death
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Moment of Death
Is there a moment of death? Millions of death certificates provide abundant evidence
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or do they? Many world religions also envision an awesome moment in which the soul departs from the body to continue its existence in another form. Furthermore, the moment of death is the signal for an abrupt change in society's way of dealing with the individual: Medical attention gives way to mortuary services and rites of passage; the death is announced through formal and informal channels;
personal records are reclassified; the deceased person's assets are redistributed (or become the subject of conflict and litigation); and there is additional tension in situations such as ...
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