FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter End: Terror Management Theory, Healthcare Proxy, Palliative Care
6 Feb 2019
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In all faiths and cultures, death is considered a passage, not an endpoint, and a reason for families and communities to come together. In late adulthood, attitudes about death shift again, anxiety decreases and hope rises. Choices in dying: every twenty-first century death involves choices, beginning with risks taken or not. A good death: people everywhere hope for a good death, one that is, at the end of a long life, peaceful, quick, with family and friends present, without pain, confusion, or discomfort. In familiar surroundings: those six characteristics are accepted by almost everyone, but other aspects are less universal, many would add that control over circumstances and acceptance of the outcome are also characteristic of a good death. Affirmation of life: grief and mourning are part of living, humans need relationships with many others in order to survive and thrive, but every person who reaches adulthood experiences the death of someone they know.
