Omega: Pre-History of a Journal

Abstract

Omega, Journal of Death and Dying, evolved from a newsletter prepared and distributed through a research project based in a geriatric hospital. This article recalls the context within which the newsletter originated, offers selections from its contents, and provides glimpses of an early phase in the development of thanatology. The transition from newsletter to journal is also described. Many questions raised and suggestions offered by contributors to the Omega Newsletter during its 1966–1968 run are still relevant today.

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