The sample, codebook, and dataset correspond to Study 1c of the Aversion2agony project. The content analysis draws on a sample of 72 news stories referencing organic dysfunctions caused by terminal and end-of-life illnesses, published between 2016 and 2024 on the digital platforms of Expresso, Público, The Guardian, and The Telegraph. Building on the seminal work of Street and Kissane, the study combines content analysis with argumentative discourse analysis to explore how the dying body is portrayed. The variables analysed include the profiles of terminal patients and the use of frames depicting the body as dependent, shameful, symptomatic, temporal, and accepting. Further information about the project can be found at: https://aversion2agony.com/. See also: Costa, B. F. (2025, November 3). Project Aversion2agony’s Study 1a. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DRJ4Z Costa, B. F. (2026, January 24). Project Aversion2agony’s Study 1b. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2PZAJ

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