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Ho, J. Y. (2022). Causes of America’s lagging life expectancy: An international comparative perspective. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 77, S117–S126. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab129
This study assessed U.S. life expectancy compared to other high-income countries and identified causes of death.

Incorvaia, A. D. (2024). Death positivity in America: The movement—its history and literature. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 89(3), 1233–1252. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221085176
This article reviewed the evolution of America’s death culture from the 1700s through the 21st century.

Bryant, C. D., & Peck, D. L. (2009). Right-to-die movement. In Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience (Vol. 2, pp. 849-851). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412972031
https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/embed/humanexperience/chpt/righttodie-movement

Koksvik, G. H., & Richards, N. (2023). Death café, Bauman and striving for human connection in “liquid times.” Mortality, 28(3), 349–366. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1918655
This article examined death cafes as a contemporary part of the death awareness movement as well as cultural/global acceptance.

Kennedy, A. M. (2023). Complicated grief disorder (CGD). Salem Press Encyclopedia.
This describes the theory behind complicated grief disorder.

Lenferink, L. I. M., Nickerson, A., Kashyap, S., de Keijser, J., & Boelen, P. A. (2024). Associations of dimensions of anger with distress following traumatic bereavement. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(2), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001275
This research examined the role of anger in traumatic bereavement.

When my time comes. (2021). In Films on Demand. Films Media Group. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102577&xtid=273550
In this video Diane Rehm explored medical aid in dying.