Psychology of Death and Dying

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This course explores Thanatology, the study of death and dying. The course covers American attitudes toward death, biological and psychological definitions of death, crisis and grief, the psycho-social impact of terminal illness, contemporary funeral and burial rituals, ethical issues related to death and dying, the dynamics of suicide, prevention and intervention, the psychosocial management of dying patients and relatives, children, adolescents and death, old age and death and issues of loss and grief for the bereaved.