Personal communications

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Death has had a lot of bad press. Many living hours are spent in great concern and fear of this great mystery. In fact, fear of death is probably the deepest fear I've experienced in my patients. This is very interesting because it is one of the few things everyone has to do yet, by definition, it is something that we cannot be conscious of. It seems our society is so uncomfortable with death that, in spite of the incredible concern for it, few are willing to discuss it openly as a stimulating topic of conversation. On the contrary, if it is spoken of at all, it is often done so in whispering, even secretive tones with people declaring that the subject is morbid. Is this deathism? Is there something in the way we are raised, reinforced in our educamtion, in the arts, yes even in the medical profession that is perpetuating a perspective (myth) that death is not simply part of nature's great design but some horrible trick (punishment) being forced on us? Do we have to buy into this grim reaper routine? Are we not free to choose the way we can look at death?

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: