Discute a formação do psicologo e como o tema da morte e contemplado nessa formação, na medida em que, como profissional de saúde, tem a morte no seu cotidiano profissional. Discute a inserção do tema da morte na graduação em psicologia, tracando um histórico de algumas experiencias entrangeiras. Descreve a criação e implantação de um curso de psicologia da morte no instituto de psicologia da USP, como disciplina optativa, apresentando objetivo, programa, estrategias e bibliografia, seguidos de reflexões e duvidas surgidas nesse processo. Analisa os discursos orais e escritos de 41 alunos que frequentaram o curso, apresenta suas representações de morte, motivos de escolha do curso e expectativas de seu trabalho diante da morte. Avalia o curso junto com os alunos, salientando os pontos positivos e negativos e as sugestões de modificação. Conclui que o curso psicologia da morte deve ser mantido devido a sua importância para a formação dos psicólogos da USP, e sugere que outros cursos de psicologia e os demais da área de saúde tomem esta experiencia como exemplo para a formação de um profissional mais sensível as necessidades de seus clientes / Death is one of man\'s basic worries as it is to Psychology, whose subject is the human being. If death is a social interdict, it can\'t be for the psychologist, that as a health professional, has death in his everyday work. The absence of the subject death in the Psychology Undergraduate Pro­ gram is pointed out. This issue is analysed and experiences of Death Education Courses in the EUA are referred. We suggest the creation of an optative course \"Psychology of Death\" in the Psychology Course at University of São Paulo, to sensibilize and stimulate reflection and discussion about death. The purposes, program, strategies and bibliography of the course are presented. Based on the analysis of oral and written accounts of 41 students that attended the course, we present their representations of death, the reasons for their choice of the course, and their expectations of dealing with death in their work. The course was evaluated by the teacher and students, being emphasized the positive and negative points, as well as, the modifications suggered. The conclusion was for the maintenance of the course \"Psychology of Death\" for two reasons. Firstly it has shown itself to be important in the formation process of the undergraduates in Psychology at the USP. Secondly, due to the need for both Psychology courses and others in the area of Health to take this experience as an example to prepare professionals more sensible to the needs of their clients

The topic of my research project is: 'An investigation of the eroticisation of death and dying in contemporary visual art cinematic practices'. In essence it involves an investigation of what may motivate an artist in desiring to find beauty in what is most fearful. The aims of the research are: i) broadly - to contribute to critical understandings concerning the place and importance of this topic within 'alternative popular cultures' - or 'sub-cultures' - as manifested particularly within contemporary visual art practice but also in music, film, television and some forms of performance; and ii), to develop a body of creative works capable of making a strong personal contribution to contemporary visual arts culture, through video, photography, performance and installation.

Discute a formação do psicologo e como o tema da morte e contemplado nessa formação, na medida em que, como profissional de saúde, tem a morte no seu cotidiano profissional. Discute a inserção do tema da morte na graduação em psicologia, tracando um histórico de algumas experiencias entrangeiras. Descreve a criação e implantação de um curso de psicologia da morte no instituto de psicologia da USP, como disciplina optativa, apresentando objetivo, programa, estrategias e bibliografia, seguidos de reflexões e duvidas surgidas nesse processo. Analisa os discursos orais e escritos de 41 alunos que frequentaram o curso, apresenta suas representações de morte, motivos de escolha do curso e expectativas de seu trabalho diante da morte. Avalia o curso junto com os alunos, salientando os pontos positivos e negativos e as sugestões de modificação. Conclui que o curso psicologia da morte deve ser mantido devido a sua importância para a formação dos psicólogos da USP, e sugere que outros cursos de psicologia e os demais da área de saúde tomem esta experiencia como exemplo para a formação de um profissional mais sensível as necessidades de seus clientes / Death is one of man\'s basic worries as it is to Psychology, whose subject is the human being. If death is a social interdict, it can\'t be for the psychologist, that as a health professional, has death in his everyday work. The absence of the subject death in the Psychology Undergraduate Pro­ gram is pointed out. This issue is analysed and experiences of Death Education Courses in the EUA are referred. We suggest the creation of an optative course \"Psychology of Death\" in the Psychology Course at University of São Paulo, to sensibilize and stimulate reflection and discussion about death. The purposes, program, strategies and bibliography of the course are presented. Based on the analysis of oral and written accounts of 41 students that attended the course, we present their representations of death, the reasons for their choice of the course, and their expectations of dealing with death in their work. The course was evaluated by the teacher and students, being emphasized the positive and negative points, as well as, the modifications suggered. The conclusion was for the maintenance of the course \"Psychology of Death\" for two reasons. Firstly it has shown itself to be important in the formation process of the undergraduates in Psychology at the USP. Secondly, due to the need for both Psychology courses and others in the area of Health to take this experience as an example to prepare professionals more sensible to the needs of their clients

The problem of grief has been described as the pandemic within the pandemic. This project believes that the church can provide a holistic response to the bereaved through inclusive events, education, and a devotion to embracing a changing spiritual landscape. Through memorial ritual, proactive education and supportive relationships, grief can be transformational and nurture a positive spirituality grounded in welcoming Christianity. This ministry is applied at the First Congregational Church in the town of West Boylston, Massachusetts, a small mill town outside of Worcester with a long history of communal loss prior to the loss of the pandemic. / 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z

Thesis advisor: Andrea Vicini / Thesis advisor: Daniel Daly / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

no / Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the need and resources firefighters have to deal with death and dying (D&D) that they encounter whilst on duty and to present a curriculum to support D&D issues for firefighters. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative methodology involving focus groups was conducted in two fire stations in Spain. The sample was 38 male participants with a mean age of 46 y/o (range: 30-59 years) and an average tenure of employment of 18 years (range: 6-35 years). Data were subjected to a thematic analysis. Dual coding of the transcripts in addition to member checking enhanced analysis. Findings – Nine themes emerged: witnessing D&D during rescue operations;memories about D&D and trauma; impact on firefighter’s families; decision-making process under stress; teamwork: protective and self-support; inadequate D&D preparation and training; adequate technical and physical training preparation; relationship between equipment, legal-moral obligation, and victims’ outcomes; communication issues: toward the victim and/or their relatives. These themes were subsequently framed into three basic domains: personal impact of D&D, team impact of D&D, and victim impact. Each domain, in its turn, is covered by three curriculum topics. The curriculum’s pedagogy is primarily based on experimental-reflective activities during 16 study-hours. Research limitations/implications – The absence of female participants. All fire stations were in cities with no more than 150,000 inhabitants. Practical implications – Individuals who take this curriculum will: increase their ability for self-care and resilience; improve teamwork, leadership skills, and to decrease burnout; provide more effective care for victims; provide skills to cope with compassion fatigue; reduced the levels of post-traumatic stress disorders. Originality/value – Understanding firefighters’ needs with relation to D&D, and assessing the resources available to mitigate these issues will provide a comprehensive approach to their education and promote health both personally and professionally. A comparable curriculum or proposal has not been previously identified.

According to Michel Foucault, life has become the focus of an infinite amount of both micro and macro management strategies, the point of which being to optimize health and to prolong life. Foucault labeled such strategies as " bio-power." While bio-power exists on many levels of society, my focus has been on certain medical technologies that have helped to expose the political nature of death by calling into question the time of death and who decides it. As the line between life and death has become more and more indistinct, Giorgio Agamben has argued that bio-politics turns into "thanatopolitics" — a politics of death. As Agamben argues, death is not a biological moment but a political decision. In this study I will focus specifically on reconsidering the relations of power surrounding the decision to stop preserving life in the particular space of the hospital room. I will then attempt to consider how our exposure to death in this space of power might be resisted using both the insights of Foucault and Agamben. / Master of Arts

Americans often face end-of-life with ineffective pain/symptom control. While hospice care prevents suffering for the terminally ill, only around 40% of individuals access services. Although few studies describe differences in terms of cancer vs. non- cancer diagnoses, hospice utilization/access disparities appear to exist. Analyzing 14 sociodemographic and clinical variables for 3,905 hospice discharge cases, this study highlights observed disproportions between cancer and non-cancer groups, identifying significant relationships amongst patient characteristics and hospice diagnosis. Factors found significantly related to diagnosis include components of the following: age, primary payment source, mortality status at discharge, hospice initiation location, length of stay, physical function, cognitive function, and presence of pain symptoms. Results confirm low overall hospice utilization rates, while validating diagnosis-specific differences driven by individual and population-based characteristics. In order to increase utilization/access rates and eliminate current disparities, patients presenting with certain terminal diseases may require greater provider flexibility in terms of hospice eligibility requirements.

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<p>Humans and domesticated animals have lived alongside one another for thousands of years, yet scholars have only recently begun to examine how companion animals, or pets, influence human lives (Knight, 2005). Today, 67 percent of United States households contain companion animals (APPA, 2019-2020) and many people consider their pets as family (Irvine & Cilia, 2017; McConnell et al., 2019). Given this, the death and dying period for pets can bring about distinctive concerns and difficulties within the family system, yet little is known about how individuals navigate the pet end-of-life period within the family, and how family communication manifests in this context. This study aimed to understand the interactional challenges for families communicating about the end-of-life period for their pets. Guided by family systems theory (FST) as an analytic framework, the goal was to better understand these dynamics using qualitative methods to address two main research questions. First, what are the challenges families face during the companion animal death and dying period? And second, how do families respond communicatively to these challenges? This qualitative study used a grounded theory approach to analyze 27 in-depth interviews with individuals who had experienced a death of their pet in the prior year and centered on how families described the place of their pets within the system. Of those participants, 14 individuals consisted of family dyads (51%) in various subgroups of partners, parent-child and siblings. Analysis affirmed some of what is known from the literature (such as feelings of guilt and financial worries associated with pet end-of-life) but also extended what is known by documenting family decision-making dilemmas, such as the dialectic tension between holding on and letting go, as well as noting the reverberations through the family of avoiding talk about death and disruptions to family communication after death. This manifested in primarily a decrease in talk about the pet or talk with family members (both in-person and mediated channels) or an increase in talk following the death. These findings suggest that pet death has the potential to disrupt a family's regular communication patterns.</p> <p>These findings affirmed that supportive communication after a death loss is important to individuals and particularly helpful from others with prior pet loss experience. Along with social support, participants indicated that the artifacts left behind after the death of their pet provided comfort and were also elements of tension and cohesion within the system. As scholars suggest, companion animals are liminal creatures, existing as kin and "other" within the family (Irvine & Cilia, 2017; Sayers et al. 2022). Indeed, participants described their pets as existing in a space at the edge of true family member whose fate was exclusively in the hands of the family, particularly in the context of euthanasia, which contributed to some of the communicative challenges identified. </p> <p>Given limitations of a mostly regional and homogenous sample and the conceptual limitation of extrapolating from two individuals in a family to the whole system, this study was still able to take the next step needed for understanding the communicative challenges faced by families in confronting pet death. Findings extend the concept of pet-as-family, in that pets were found to be an element of the "family tapestry" serving the role of both emotional support and kin for some family members. In that manner, they were also discovered as integral to the family timeline, a catalyst for connection between family members, and thus worthy of further study from a communication and family system perspective.</p>