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UQ Home Study Maps News Events Library my.UQ The University of Queensland - UQ News - By Alex Broom , The University of Queensland Read the original article. For most of us, death conjures up strong feelings. We project all kinds of fears onto it. We worry about it, dismiss it, laugh it off, push it aside or don't think about it at all. Until we have to. Of course, death - our own, a friend's, a family member's - will arrive sooner or later, and when it does, we are forced to confront it, whether we like it or not . Despite all progress in " normalising " death and dying from a medical perspective, making it something that patients and families can talk about together, they all too often remain taboo - no-go areas shunned as legitimate topics in polite circles.
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