Comments on: Preparing for Conversations about Death http://eldercareabcblog.com/preparing-for-conversations-about-death/ Tue, 22 May 2012 01:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janice Wallace http://eldercareabcblog.com/preparing-for-conversations-about-death/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Janice Wallace Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:16:20 +0000 http://eldercareabcblog.com/?p=3018#comment-4066 Hi Juliana, Thanks for your comments linking death denying and our medical system. Even feeling like a knowledgeable medical consumer myself, I found myself being shocked when being told that medicine could not fix what was happening to a relative and that she would die. It made me realize how deeply ingrained the belief was. Janice Hi Juliana,
Thanks for your comments linking death denying and our medical system. Even feeling like a knowledgeable medical consumer myself, I found myself being shocked when being told that medicine could not fix what was happening to a relative and that she would die. It made me realize how deeply ingrained the belief was.

Janice

]]> By: Juliana http://eldercareabcblog.com/preparing-for-conversations-about-death/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 Juliana Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:07:43 +0000 http://eldercareabcblog.com/?p=3018#comment-4035 I found this interesting - of course the death-denying culture is very much aligned with the medicalisation of death. In cultures where there is little medical intervention or professionalisation, death is much more a day to day part of life and there is no discomfort in discussing it. Found other interesting stuff on here and shall enjoy following your blog. I write about elderly care but am UK based so it is useful for me to have this US perspective. I found this interesting – of course the death-denying culture is very much aligned with the medicalisation of death. In cultures where there is little medical intervention or professionalisation, death is much more a day to day part of life and there is no discomfort in discussing it.
Found other interesting stuff on here and shall enjoy following your blog. I write about elderly care but am UK based so it is useful for me to have this US perspective.

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