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There are many different theories and beliefs about death. Some believe that a person only lives one life, and that is here on earth. Others believe that they will die and return to earth in a different body or as another creature, also known as reincarnation. There are those that believe there is life beyond this world. Which one of these select groups has the right answer to death? We may never know.
I had a friend pass away this last year, and it gave me some time to really think about death. Our textbook, Core Concepts in Health, reiterates this when it states, "The news of a friend's or loved one's serious illness can shock us into an encounter with mortality that creates a need to cope not only with the painful reality of our friend's or loved one's illness, but also with our own eventual death." I was stuck in the frame of mind that death was for the sick and the elderly. I heard many stories of younger people dying, but none of them seemed real. It was as though......

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