Concept information
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aging and the life course
death and dying
conceptualizations of death
philosophical perspectives on death
Preferred term
good death
Definition
- The good death is a difficult concept that has proven difficult to ignore. Would the wrong kind of death expose us to vengeance from the deceased spirit? Is self-termination the worst or the best kind of death? Should the health care system be expected to foster a good death for the nonresponsive person whose organs will soon be donated? Still haunted by ancient fears and hopes, the 21st century is adding its own technologyinfused puzzlements. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Good Death]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/good_death
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