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One in five people will face a 'shameful' death – could it be you?
04-03-2007 · University of BathMost people are unprepared for the shameful reality of how they could die, warns Professor Allan Kellehear from the Department of Social & Policy Sciences who has written a new book charting the social history of dying.
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