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published I think in 1982, The Loneliness of Dying,
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in which he presents this process from once again the death experienced at home
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to a kind of invisible and a solitary death we experience right now, today.
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So, before World War One only those who had no family, only those who had no home,
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will die alone or will die in the hospital.
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The funeral vigil was also very important and a very respected ritual
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in a Catholic country like France.
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Industrialized warfare, World War One,
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changed this tradition in the most violent and the most brutal way.
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All the stages-- and they are very important
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all the stages that used to prepare a person for bereavement were simply eliminated.
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of loss were also eliminated.