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PubMed2005

Gay obituaries closely track officially reported deaths from AIDS.

The age distribution of AIDS deaths of males who have sex with males [MSM] was estimated from obituaries in the Washington Blade, a gay newspaper. Statistics from the 2003 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report are highly congruent with deaths of MSM due to AIDS from these obituaries. Death due to AIDS in old age was most frequent for heterosexuals and least frequent for MSM who were drug abusers. Obituaries in the Washington Blade are thus consistent with and may be representative of deaths due to AIDS among MSM. The latest CDC report tends to strengthen the overall finding based upon obituaries: that the lifespan of MSM is shortened two to three decades by AIDS and, possibly, other causes.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1993

Management of death and grief in obituary and in memoriam pages of Nigerian newspapers.

This analysis of obituaries and in memoriam advertisements in Nigerian newspapers provides the identification of dimensions of content used to manage death and grief. Ten dimensions of content were abstracted: pictorial representation is a widespread practice, immediacy of announcement following death is an appropriate etiquette in the management of death, funeral arrangements are included as open invitation to a community of mourners, advertisements indicate direct contact and communication with the deceased, contents suggest the belief in personal immortality of the soul, religion is a pervasive and dominating force in advertisements, there are similarities in choice of words used in death advertisements, there is recognition of the temporal nature of life, mourning seems to be an ongoing process, and often the deceased is perceived as resting in peace. Never do obituaries and in memoriam statements include the flaws of the deceased. Clearly, the dimensions of content in the obituaries and in memoriam advertisements of Nigerian newspapers are a specific cultural behavior of people who exhibit similarity in the management of death and grief. These advertisements serve as an unbroken link between the deceased and the bereaved. This study also suggests that openness to death is the appropriate etiquette in the management of death and grief in Nigeria.

Advertising↗
PubMed1994

[A document. Manuscript of a 1873 obituary for the Swiss medical historian Conrad Meyer-Ahrens].

In 1991 the Medical History Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich received a significant portrait and biographical collection from the private estate of the physician family Meyer "zum Felsenegg". Of particular interest is the handwritten obituary notice for the distinguished Swiss medical historian, Conrad Meyer-Ahrens. Written by his personal friend and professional colleague, Conrad Meyer-Hofmeister, this obituary was read to the Society of the Zurich Masonic Lodge "Modestia cum Libertate" on January 25, 1873.

Historiography↗
PubMed1955

Obituaries.

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History, 19th Century↗