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A psychodynamic study of the dying was made incidental to a larger project of researching on the relationship between bodily illness and fantasy.14 The study, carried out in the wards of a general hospital, included 19 patients who constituted the experimental group and 88 patients divided into seven control groups for purposes of comparison.

The study of the psychology of those dying patients was focused on developing an understanding of the process and aimed for the emergence of criteria on which to base meaningful communication with the dying.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto 8, Ont.

    Daniel Cappon M.B., M.R.C.P., D.P.M.

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This paper, from the section of psychodynamic research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, represents work carried out in the wards and the out-patient settings of the Toronto General Hospital, Department of Medicine, under the chairmanship of Professor Ray F. Farquharson.

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Cappon, D. The dying. Psych Quar 33, 466–489 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563104

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