The document discusses thanatology, which is the study of dying and death. It outlines the five stages of grief that dying people often experience: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Finally, it describes hospices, which are facilities designed to care for the special needs of dying individuals in a home-like environment, with services sometimes provided in patients' homes through visiting health professionals.

1. Dying and Death
Aolani
Corey
Spencer
Hannah

2. Introduction
• Thanatology is the study of dying and death.
• When a person dies, there are
legal, medical, psychological, and social aspects that
need attention.
• Biological death becomes entangled with social
customs
▫ Cultural attitudes toward death
▫ Care of the dying
▫ The place of death
▫ The efforts to quicken or slow down the dying process.

3. Five Stages of Grief
1. Denial- denying the fact that you are dying.
• People’s most common reaction to learning that
they have terminal illness is shock and
numbness
2. Anger- people feel anger because of their
shortened life span and lost chances
3. Bargaining-people change their attitude and
attempt to bargain with fate.

4. Five Stages of Grief
4. Depression-dying people are aware of the losses
they are incurring.
• They are depressed about the loss that is to
come.
5. Acceptance- finally patients accept death.
• Experience a sense of calm
• They seem to become detached intentionally to
make death easier.

5. Hospices
• A facility designed to care for the special needs
of dying.
• Usually a special place where terminal ill people
go to die
• Designed to be less like a hospital and more like
a home
• Another from of hospice service is becoming
part of the mainstream of the health care system
of the United States
▫ Features care for the elderly at home by visiting
nurses, aides, physical therapists, chaplains, and
social workers.