Essays about: "death and dying"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words death and dying.
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1. Psychosocial Support Around Death, Dying, and Grief for Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Pediatric Palliative Care : An Empirical Study
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, CHILDAbstract : Many children with life-limiting health conditions in pediatric palliative care have cognitive impairments or intellectual disabilities (ID). They are confronted with their own death and need adapted psychosocial support. The assumption that children with ID might not understand death and dying can lead to limited support. READ MORE
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2. Tracing afterlife : A comparative study of visionary motifs in the Apocalypse of Paul, near-death experiences and Karl Rahner’s theology of death and dying
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : This essay aims to explore the tradition of visionary experience as expressed through the 4th century apocryphal text The Apocalypse of Paul. Emerging motifs from The Apocalypse of Paul is studied alongside those from the 1979 study on near-death experience, To die is gain, by German Lutheran priest Johann Christoph Hampe. READ MORE
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3. Between the Private and a Public Place : Lived experiences in contemporary Elfdalian Revitalisation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : Many of the languages in the world are currently dying at an alarming rate. One of these languagesis Eldalian. It is a small language spoken by about 2,500 people in the village of Älvdalen in theDalarna county of Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Euthanasia
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : This project concerns the ideation surrounding apossible facility that would offer euthanasia, and how a facility of that kind would look like. Euthanasia, in this case is defined as an intervention that is given after an explicit request from the patient where theintention is to aid in the cause of the patient’s death. READ MORE
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5. From Undertaker to Funeral Director: A Social Change in Cyprus
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : How often do we think of our own death? And how often do we stop and think of the changes surrounding death that affect our lives? Thanatology, the study of death and dying, examines death from different perspectives. Following a thanatological path, this research aimed to explore the relationship between death and technology in terms of social change, specifically in the Republic of Cyprus. READ MORE
