Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

And there was a natural control sample where they re-interviewed couples where both remained alive during that time. All of this is to say, I mean, it's a magnificent, I don't think it will ever be funded again because it was such a large and long study.

And there was a natural control sample where they re-interviewed couples where both remained alive during that time. All of this is to say, I mean, it's a magnificent, I don't think it will ever be funded again because it was such a large and long study.

But what it allowed us to do was look at their religious beliefs, look at their understanding of life and death before anyone was sick, and then see how that predicted how they handled grief later. And what we learned from that study is for people who had a way of understanding the role of death in life,

But what it allowed us to do was look at their religious beliefs, look at their understanding of life and death before anyone was sick, and then see how that predicted how they handled grief later. And what we learned from that study is for people who had a way of understanding the role of death in life,

But what it allowed us to do was look at their religious beliefs, look at their understanding of life and death before anyone was sick, and then see how that predicted how they handled grief later. And what we learned from that study is for people who had a way of understanding the role of death in life,

which for many people was a religious understanding, having a religious faith, a religious belief. But for some people was more of a philosophical or even sort of agricultural cycle of life kind of understanding. For those who had a way to understand these life and death type issues, it predicted less grief severity after the loss of this specific individual, as though it

which for many people was a religious understanding, having a religious faith, a religious belief. But for some people was more of a philosophical or even sort of agricultural cycle of life kind of understanding. For those who had a way to understand these life and death type issues, it predicted less grief severity after the loss of this specific individual, as though it

which for many people was a religious understanding, having a religious faith, a religious belief. But for some people was more of a philosophical or even sort of agricultural cycle of life kind of understanding. For those who had a way to understand these life and death type issues, it predicted less grief severity after the loss of this specific individual, as though it

Having thought through some of these existential issues in advance enables us, when one situation happens, to kind of at least hearken back to what we believed, with the caveat that it may throw your beliefs into disarray. But in this empirical study, at least, it offered a path, just as you said.

Having thought through some of these existential issues in advance enables us, when one situation happens, to kind of at least hearken back to what we believed, with the caveat that it may throw your beliefs into disarray. But in this empirical study, at least, it offered a path, just as you said.

Having thought through some of these existential issues in advance enables us, when one situation happens, to kind of at least hearken back to what we believed, with the caveat that it may throw your beliefs into disarray. But in this empirical study, at least, it offered a path, just as you said.

And so that to me suggests, you know, if we take it out of just the empirical finding, that maybe we ought to be thinking about these things. You know, maybe we need to contemplate what happens. How do we understand death and life and grief and illness? And how do we live our lives now knowing that that is a part of the future?

And so that to me suggests, you know, if we take it out of just the empirical finding, that maybe we ought to be thinking about these things. You know, maybe we need to contemplate what happens. How do we understand death and life and grief and illness? And how do we live our lives now knowing that that is a part of the future?

And so that to me suggests, you know, if we take it out of just the empirical finding, that maybe we ought to be thinking about these things. You know, maybe we need to contemplate what happens. How do we understand death and life and grief and illness? And how do we live our lives now knowing that that is a part of the future?

Yeah. I mean, I can tell you, Andrew, your friends will still grieve. Well. Even with the document.

Yeah. I mean, I can tell you, Andrew, your friends will still grieve. Well. Even with the document.

Yeah. I mean, I can tell you, Andrew, your friends will still grieve. Well. Even with the document.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.