Resource Tag: THANATOLOGY

This resource pack is specifically designed for families & carers to share the experience of death & bereavement with those with learning disabiliites. The package is set up so that materials can be selected to best meet the needs of the individual in exploring, discussing, & sharing personal feelings & experiences. The package contains a […]

The reviewer states “this book should be read, especially by medical students & clinicians in their early phase of work, to provide them with knowledge of fundamental concerns about death & dying, & to prepare them to be empathic, skillful, & compassionate in thanatological interactions with patients.”.

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In order to provide a microcosmic view of death, dying, & grief in Brazil as experienced by urban families of various ages, social classes, & religions, authors explore the follow questions: Who dies in Brazil? Where does death occur? What evidence is there for hope? A discussion of the services for the dying & the […]

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This article suggests that it might now be time to expand the scope & mission of thanatology to include large-scale death & death that occurs through complex & multi-domain processes. The 9-11-01 terrorist attacks on America are discussed as an example of mass death with complex correlates & consequences. Other examples are taken from the […]

For the original articles by J Westefeld et al, & Werth & Holdwick, please see SIEC #2004-0746 & #2004-0747. For related reactions, see SIEC #2004-0748 & #2004-0749

The author reviews the 4 volumes of “Death & Bereavement Around the World,” collections of essays discussing international understandings of death & bereavement. He finds that the editors, Morgan & Laungani, meet the needs of all professional health workers in providing important knowledge of thanatology. The author highlights key questions raised by the book, & […]

This study examined the death attitudes of a number of prominent thanatologists over a 15-year span. Subjects were surveyed using Feifel’s Death Attitudes Questionnaire, a Death Semantic Differential Test, & a Death Metaphors Test in 1973 & again in 1988. Almost two-thirds reported some fear of death, & only 20 percent indicated that the idea […]

This article discusses the impact of advances in modern medicine on society’s attitude toward death. Physician-assisted suicide is analyzed according to its perceived attitude toward dying. The hospice movement , espousing healing & caring of terminally ill patients, is examined as a response to physician-assisted suicide in Britain & the United States. (SC)

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This article examines “junshi”, a Japanese practice in which subordinates took their own lives in order to follow their feudal lords into death. The death of Emperor Hirohito is used as illustration; 4 men took their lives after he died. Hirohito’s death is also used to discuss the public & private disclosure of a malignant […]

This article examines AIDS patients’ perspectives on what entails a good or bad death. The 12 domains of the qualified good or bad death include: symptoms, quality of life, people present, dying process, location, a sense of resolution, patient control of treatment, issues of spirituality, death scene, physician-assisted suicide, aspects of medical care, & the […]

Most bereavement caregivers accept as a truism that their interventions are helpful. However, an examination of the bereavement intervention literature suggests that the scientific basis for accepting the efficacy of grief counselling may be quite weak. This article summarizes the findings of four recent qualitative & quantitative reviews of the bereavement intervention literature. It then […]

This paper reviews how our understanding of bereavement, grieving & loss have evolved over the past millennium, focusing especially on the developments in research, theory & practice that have taken place during the 20th century. (49 refs)

This article is an English translation. The original Spanish text is also available.

This article is an English translation. The original Spanish text is also available.

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This article is an English translation. The original Spanish text is also available.