[
US
/θænəˈtɔɫədʒi/
]
NOUN
- the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
How To Use thanatology In A Sentence
- She founded the palliative medical field of music -- thanatology and the Chalice of Repose Project, which trains teachers in palliative music vigils with the dying. Alison Rose Levy: What Would You Do If You Did Not Fear Death?
- The rest of the books were too clinical, written by some PhD in psychology or some “expert” in thanatology. The Life You Longed For
- Graduate students are encouraged to conduct research studies in thanatology.
- These course units are for students of thanatology and also to be used as electives for various other programmes.
- Accordingly, the concepts of hospice and palliative care, pioneered in England by Saunders, and of thanatology, pioneered in the U.S. by Kubler-Ross, emerged, signaling the birth of a new movement.
- The National Center for Death Education offers a certificate in the field of thanatology - the study of death and dying, and the grief process.
- In addition to holding yearly conferences, ADEC is also in the business of minting grief specialists with a certificate in thanatology, or awarding them a CT. The Truth About Grief
- Using personal experience or anecdote instead of research to guide treatment has been a big problem with applied thanatology all along. The Truth About Grief
- It's good to come to terms with thanatology as a psychospiritual initiation.
- This research will not only put the research of Wang Yangming and Confucius to a deeper degree, but also help the construction of contemporary thanatology.