How do social scientists help people face the prospect of death and the sadness of a loved one?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grief_counseling
But what about the prospect of death part?
Hospice workers help prepare people for their own deaths. They build on the person's basic beliefs in life and death. This may involve religion or it may take a more secular point of view.
How does this preparation even work?
As we age, we know that death will take us sooner or later. At age 76, I've lived longer than the Biblical 3 score and 10. I want to live as long as I still can function mentally. But I hope I die before dementia hits me.
My companion was spiritual, yet not religious. A Catholic chaplain helped him accept his imminent death. I don't know what she and he discussed, but it worked. He was at peace.
Several years ago, a 95-year-old woman told me, "Some of us live too long."
My companion was spiritual, yet not religious. A Catholic chaplain helped him accept his imminent death. I don't know what she and he discussed, but it worked. He was at peace.
Several years ago, a 95-year-old woman told me, "Some of us live too long."
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