THAN - Thanatology

An in-depth study of mourning and the grief process. Explores all aspects of theories of grief in natural and accidental death as well as special losses, suicide, prenatal death, still birth, murder, etc. differentiating between normal and complicated grief.

Overview of major themes and attitudes of death and grief included in theories, process models, death trajectories, and death systems. Explore roles of palliative care and hospice in the dying process to understand the experience of an “appropriate death”.

An examination of death, dying, and bereavement at different stages of life. A survey of the important moments in the life cycle when death confronts us as human beings, how we can learn to appreciate the significance and value of such varied approaches and understandings.

The study of three areas in the field of thanatology: 1) The role played by death in Western history. 2) Egypt as a death culture. 3) A study of how death and bereavement are experienced across cultures, ethnic groups, and religions around the world.