Death Denied

Winston Churchill said, "I am ready to meet my creator, this is another matter, regardless of whether my manufacturer is ready to meet me." People, but he summarizes the recognition of the death of most Western culture, and meet with your manufacturer. While satisfying the idea of ​​"manufacturer", it is not always the most popular viewpoint at all times. For centuries, humans have changed the perception of the concept of death on a global scale. As technology and culture change, the concept of death also changes.

Modern Western society has been expressed as "denial of death" by some sociologists. That is the result of medicalization of death. Social mechanics has focused on finding ways to treat disease and prevent death. Advances in the medical and pharmaceutical fields have made significant progress in extending their longevity. However, the involvement of this specialized medical technology is usually limited to clinical environments. It can be said that this contributes to social isolation of patients. The invisibility of death not only protects the process of death but also protects families and social groups in society. If medical technology and tools are not used for death management, they can be viewed as capitalist attempts to limit the cost of medical services. Many social scientists believe that healthcare really allows people to accept some degree of death.

It is widely believed that modern Western society is "denial of death". This explanation the sociologist calls "rejection of death" first appeared in the literature of social science, psychology, and clinical medicine from 1955 to 1985. At the same time, movement of hospice care and palliative care developed, partially opposed to the denial of cultural death as recognized in the society of Western countries. I believe that both the public and the clinician deny death is a matter of course, but that is increasingly being questioned in sociology literature. In this paper we use a negative death article of sociological criticism to present critical questions about the theory and practice of modern palliative care. In particular, we believe that the focus of palliative care should not be to eliminate the denial of death, but rather to alleviate pain.

Zimmerman is evaluating the meaning of death denying in "Refusal of death: obstacles or tools for palliative care? Analysis of clinical literature". She discussed how the refusal of death education and the fundamental principles of order are recognized as a way to prevent death, home death, care / interesting planning, and discontinuation of open discussion. In particular, she focuses on methods that are considered useful to speak openly about death, refusing to talk about death in palliative care that is marked as a disorder even for a liar I will.