Aries' description of an attitude toward death he called "tame death" differs from what he called "death of the self" by which of the following characteristics?
a. tame death is one where the focus of attention is almost entirely on what the death means for the dying person
b. in tame death, death is typically faced more calmly than it is in death of the self
c. in death of the self, death is seen as a sort of sleep and thus is unthreatening
d. in death of the self, the concerns and needs of the community take precedence over those of the dying person
e. an "ars moriendi" developed historically around an attitude of tame death
B
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