Nursing Education in Thanatology

Florence E. Selder

Contents
Section I: Teaching Aspects and the Thanatology Curriculum Content



Considerations in Teaching Thanatology
Concepts of Thanatology in the Nursing Curriculum
University of Michigan’s School of Nursing Curriculum Related to Issues of Death and Dying
Cremation in the Thanatology Curriculum
Death Education Changes Coping to Confidence
The LPN: Ability to Deliver Care to the Terminally Ill
The Near-Death Experience: Implications for Nursing Education
Guidelines for Death Education as a Developmental Process
The Value of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Death Education
A Study of the Relationship Between Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses in Practice Related to the Near-Death Experience
Section II: Coping Approaches and the Thanatology Curriculum
Grieving: An Essential Topic in Allied Health Education
Implementation of the Management of the Grieving Process in the Curriculum at Suffolk Community College
Section III: Clinical Imperatives
Clinical Imperatives Versus Ethical Commitments in Euthanasia: The Perspective of Nurses
Grief: Teaching the Hard Things
Reference Notes Included