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Psychiatrist discusses "terror" of dying listen

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Dr. Irvin Yalom is the author of Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.

In it, Yalom, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, confronts the demanding challenge that everybody faces: overcoming the terror of death.

In the second part of an interview we conducted earlier this month, WMNF spoke with Dr. Yalom.

Author studies how we cope with death

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Irvin Yalom is a professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of the new book, Staring At the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.

In the book, Yalom writes about "the refusing of the loan of life, to avoid the debt of death.”

Please listen to a future WMNF newscast to hear the second part of our interview.

You can learn more about Professor Yalom at Yalom.com.