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Navigating Anxiety and Mortality in Modern Healthcare
This chapter examines the tension between modern medical practices focused on prolonging life and the historical views on accepting death. It explores how anxiety surrounding mortality is exacerbated by medical testing and societal expectations, drawing on ancient philosophical approaches to manage such concerns. The discussion encompasses the significance of community, physical activity, and selflessness in alleviating anxiety, while contrasting contemporary and classical experiences of this emotion.