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Fear of Death Scale

Explore your relationship with mortality

This is an educational self-reflection tool, not a clinical diagnostic instrument. It is not a substitute for professional medical or psychological evaluation.

1.How much anxiety does thinking about your own death cause you?

2.Does the thought of nonexistence frighten you?

3.How comfortable are you being around someone who is dying?

4.Do you avoid conversations about death in your personal life?

5.Has your work in medicine increased or decreased your fear of death?

Physicians' Untold Stories by Dr. Scott Kolbaba

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The Stories Medicine Never Told You

Public descriptions say the book draws on more than 200 physician interviews and presents 26 selected accounts involving end-of-life experiences, unexpected recoveries, faith, and other events the narrators found difficult to explain.

By Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba, MD. Check the retailer for current formats, pricing, and reader ratings.