Abstract

KOVACS, Maria Julia. Educação para a morteEducation for death. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2005, vol.25, n.3, pp. 484-497. ISSN 1414-9893.

Death is part of the human development since the first years of life and goes along with the human being throughout the existence, leaving its marks. How could we prepare people to this subject so important in life? This is a challenge even more urgent to health and education professionals. Many questions overwhelm Humanity and answers are given by religions, sciences, arts and phylosophy, but none is universal. We shall consider these questions and reflections, the search for meaning, about life that the questions about death promote. Education here is understood as personal development, self improvement, and involves communication, relationships, losses, limit situations such as: development phases, loss of close people, diseases, accidents and confronting own death. Several death education formats will be discussed including layman and health and professionals' education.

Keywords : Death; Education; Health and education professionals; Bereavement.

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