Explore interesting and challenging ideas around death, dying and grief. This free course, An introduction to death, dying and grief, invites you to think more deeply about death and dying and encourages you to think about it in different ways. This course will introduce you to different perspectives on death; ethical issues related to dying and end-of-life care; as well as expressions of grief.Please note that this course includes video about people talking personally about their experiences in relation to death and dying. If you have been affected by the issues in these videos, there are resources included in the course for further information and support.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Understanding death
- 1 Understanding death
- 1.1 Talking about death
- 2 Exploring Western ideas about ‘a good death’
- 2 Exploring Western ideas about ‘a good death’
- 2.1 Preparing for death
- 3 Assisted dying
- 3 Assisted dying
- 3.1 Assisted dying legislation and policy
- 4 Considering ethics in death and dying
- 4 Considering ethics in death and dying
- 5 Exploring grief
- 5 Exploring grief
- 5.1 Public and private grief and popular culture
- 5.2 Grief in popular culture
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
