Why should we talk about death?
“We need to talk about death”
NHS Somerset’s LeDeR team commissioned a film made with those with learning disabilities and autistic people to talk about death and dying. The intention of the film is to remove the taboo from talking about death and dying and open up conversations.
Dying Well-Informed: The Need for Better Clinical Education Surrounding Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations
“Early and honest conversations with patients concerning diagnoses and advance directives help patients and their families make well-informed decisions regarding future medical care, minimize pain and fears, and allow patients to experience a “peaceful death’”.
In search of a good death: observations of patients, families, and providers
K E Steinhauser 1, E C Clipp, M McNeilly, N A Christakis, L M McIntyre, J A Tulsky
The purpose of this study was to gather descriptions of the components of a good death from patients, families, and providers through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews.
We Need to Talk About Death -
Addressing the grieving process
Atalanta Beaumont
Psychology Today: March 9th, 2017
Talking about death and dying: Findings from deliberative discussion groups with members of the public
Eleanor Wilson
,
Glenys Caswell
,
Nicola Turner
&
Kristian Pollock
Published in Mortality online: 11 Nov 2022
A Better Grief
Sue Ryder Research
Published: 12th March, 2020
On the inevitability of death
WILLIAM BREITBART, M.D
