In Search of a Good Death
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2009
Keywords
aging, end-of-life, spirituality, closure, narrative
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-008-9071-3
Abstract
Spirituality and storytelling can be resources in aging successfully and in dying well given the constraints of modern day Western culture. This paper explores the relationship of aging to time and the dynamic process of the life course and discusses issues related to confronting mortality, including suffering, finitude, spirituality, and spiritual closure in regard to death. And, finally, the role of narrative in this process is taken up.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Medical Humanities, v. 30, issue 61.
Scholar Commons Citation
Schenck, David P. and Roscoe, Lori A., "In Search of a Good Death" (2009). Communication Faculty Publications. 457.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/457
