The “Ripple Effect” of a University Sponsored Death and Dying Symposium

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A follow-up study of a three-week, university sponsored death and dying symposium was conducted in order to measure attitudes of nonattendees toward the symposium and the impact that they felt the symposium had on them personally. The findings showed a declining taboo regarding death education. In addition, the results of the study indicate a “ripple effect” in which individuals are affected by a death education program even though they do not attend it. In the present study, these effects were different for students than for faculty and staff. Implications for death educators are discussed.

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