2011/12/03 by Luciana Mascarenhas Fonseca, Ines Testoni · 1 citation
Medicine · Psychology · #Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion #Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health #Patient Dignity and Privacy
paper · doi:10.2190/om.64.2.d
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Thanatology is a recent field that contemplates death studies and employs an interdisciplinary approach to practice. This science emerged in a historical context marked by intense social, economic, and political changes that contributed to the concept of death being excluded from social life. This literature review aims to outline the history and evolution ofthanatology in Western society, delineating the contextual circumstances that led to its origin and drawing special attention to current works on death education. In our post-modern society, the call for studies in the field of thanatology appears to be increasing. However, although there have been significant contributions and promising research is underway, there are still many questions to be answered.