KHARON

Thanatology Review

Electronic Journal

Content

Volume 12

Number 3-4 · 2008

Original article


 GEORGINA LÁSZLÓ
GEORGINA LÁSZLÓ

főiskolai hallgató

lolobrigida1@gmail.com

Successes, failures and difficulties- the SWOT-analysis and evaluation of the Hungarian hospice system

Abstract · The goal of my study is to evaluate the current status of Hungarian hospice institutes with SWOT analysis, which is mostly used in the business sector. With this method, strengths and weaknesses were examined as the inner characteristics of the institutes, as well as the opportunities and threaths which are external influencing factors. After the SWOT analysis, I evaluate the current situation of the hospice sector in Hungary, after which I discuss a vision for the future: I concentrate on the identification of possible solutions and I also propose some concrete solutions.

 ZSÓFIA MÁRIA MAROSVÖLGYI
ZSÓFIA MÁRIA MAROSVÖLGYI

pszichológushallgató

maroszs@freemail.hu

The examination of human consciousness: changes in fear of death and in values after a near-death experience

Abstract · The goal of this study is to explore how a near-death experience changes one’s image of death and the afterlife, the fear of death, and one’s value system. My expectation was that as a result of a near-death experience, the image of death and the afterlife becomes more stable and logical, the fear of death diminishes, and the role of love and knowledge within the value system increases (in comparison with the control group).

Additionally, I also hypothesised that those who had a near-death experience will be more open to this topic and to my research, and will provide more positive feedback (in comparison with the control group). I used structured interviews to explore the views about death, the afterlife and the value system. I measured the fear of death using the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale by Neimeyer and Moore, and I used the Weighted Core Experience Index and the Near-Death Experience Scale to measure the depth of near-death experiences.

The results confirm that there are significant differences between the research group and the control group in most dimensions of fear of death, and also in spirituality, in openness to the topic of death and in the robustness of responses. However, no signficant differences in terms of values could be found in this study.