KHARON

Thanatology Review

Electronic Journal

Content

Volume 24

Number 4 · 2020

Original article


 ESZTER FERBER
ESZTER FERBER

kapcsolatanalitikus, művészet- és szocioterapeuta

ferber.eszter@upcmail.hu

Anticipatory grief - concept, occurrence and how to support coping

Abstract · In this paper the term anticipatory grief is explained and described. Misconceptions about the term are noted, as anticipatory grief is discussed as one of the seven forms of grief that are frequently overlooked or ignored in contemporary culture. Typical fields of anticipatory grief reaction and subsequent adjustment are presented in a short, representative, socio-therapeutical collection of examples. Factors with impact on adaptation and anticipatory grieving process are considered, and suggestions for helping the grieving person through anticipatory grief in both family and professional context are put forward in the end.

 FERENC MÚJDRICZA
FERENC MÚJDRICZA

szociológus

Ferenc.Mujdricza@ksh.hu

Ageless Terror: Reconsideration of Ariès’ Model for Western Death Attitudes

Abstract · Philippe Ariès is unarguably the most important scholar describing western attitudes towards death, however, his concept has to be corrected or complemented at certain places. The paper presents the possible critiques of Ariès’ theses, building on the most important relevant literature. These critiques and corrections include, among others, a radical shortening of the age of the ‘tame death’, the severe crisis of the late medieval and early modern death attitude, the appearance of the inability to cope with ‘thy death’(i.e. the death of the other) centuries earlier compared to Ariès’ assumption, and so forth. Other processes have to be reflected as well that Ariès has not addressed in the necessary depth, such as the effects of the devastating pandemics, wars, and famine, of the great changes in philosophy, of the novel religious tenets, or of the medieval and modern rebirth of magical relations to death. However, Ariès’ theses do not need correction regarding the ‘forbidden death’ of the present age.

 ÁGNES ANNA KOVÁCS
ÁGNES ANNA KOVÁCS

pszichológus, onkopszichológus

agnes.anna.kovacs@gmail.com

 HENRIETTA BENKŐ
HENRIETTA BENKŐ

pszichológus

benko.henrietta@tabitha.hu

 JUDIT HEGEDŰS
JUDIT HEGEDŰS

ápolási igazgató

hegedus.judit@tabitha.hu

DR. GÁBOR BENYÓ
DR. GÁBOR BENYÓ

gyermekgyógyász, onkológus, hematológus szakorvos, palliatív orvos,
MHPE alelnök
Hospice és Palliatív Ellátás Szakmai Kollégiumi Tagozat titkár,
Tábitha Gyermekhospice orvosigazgató

drbenyo@gmail.com

Paediatric palliative care in Hungary - as parents see us

Abstract · This review of the book Consciousness Beyond Life. The Science of the Near-Death Experience by Dutch cardiologist and NDE-researcher Pim van Lommel describes the phenomenon of near-death experiences, their typical elements and common consequences. It touches upon international retrospective NDE research and presents in more detail the Dutch NDE research of 1988-1996.In the latter a prospective research method was used recording all medical data of 344 patients with a cardiac arrest. After they regained consciousness, 62 patiens reported an NDE, recorded in each case. The study was repeated 2 and 8 years later, whereby the long-term consequences of NDE were examined. Beyond NDE’s, the main focus of the book is the relationship between the human brain and consciousness. Based on various consciousness phenomena including NDE’s, Van Lommel comes to the conclusion that human consciousness is not produced by the brain, and supports this theory of nonlocality based on parallels from quantum physics.He also examines the practical everyday relevance of his theory and calls for more openness and awareness raising in health care to faciliate a better integration of the NDE. Van Lommel’s work is a milestone in our attitude to our functioning as humans and to death, and should be considered for a more comprehensive understanding of ourselves and the vital issues of human existence.