Death Education for Medical Personnel Utilizing Cinema.
10.4166/kjg.2012.60.3.140
- Author:
Hyun Chae JUNG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hyunchae@plaza.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review ; English Abstract ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Death education;
Near-death experience;
Spirit;
Soul;
Cinema
- MeSH:
*Attitude to Death;
Caregivers/education/psychology;
Health Personnel/*education/psychology;
Humans;
Psychodrama
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2012;60(3):140-148
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Death and dying is an ultimate process that every human being must experience. However, in these days we do not like to think or discuss about death and dying. Actually, hatred and denial is the usual feeling when we encounter death and dying. Dying is more than a biological occurrence. It is a human, social, and spiritual event, but the spiritual dimension of patients is too often neglected. Whether death is viewed as a "wall" or as a "door" can have significantly important consequences for how we live our lives. Near death experience is one of the excellent evidences to prove that there should be spiritual component being separated from the human physical body when we experience death. People have called it soul, spirit, or nonlocal consciousness. Caregivers need to recognize and acknowledge the spiritual component of patient care. Learning about death and dying helps us encounter death in ways that are meaningful for our own lives. Among the several learning tools, utilizing cinema with its audio and visual components can be one of the most powerful learning tools in death education.
