Sociology - A good death

Question 1

Principles of a Good Death

Answer 1

• AWARENESS of dying: Personal and social process of greater openness about prognosis where there is a high probability of death
• PERSONAL PREPARATIONS and social adjustments - Settling of emotional accounts
• PUBLIC PREPARATIONS - sorting wills, putting practical affairs in order
• Relinquishing of FORMAL WORK ROLES - it shouldn’t be assumed that all dying individuals are beyond the age of retirement
• Formal and informal FAREWELLS