THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GRIEF AND DEATH

Organizational Unit
Code
ΨΥ-639
ECTS
5
Language of instruction

English

Academic term
2/2
Title
Η ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΝΘΟΥΣ el
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GRIEF AND DEATH en
Description
Historic review of the attitudes toward death
Today's attitude toward death
Death anxiety
Dying, Hospices
Loss of job
Grieving (J. Bowlby & C. Parkes, Worden, Charles Corr)
Grieving (Rando & R. Neimeyer)
Accepting loss
Complicated mourning
Do children experience grief?
How children understand death (Maria Nagy & Marc Speece & Sandor Brent)
How children experience death when they have a life threatening disease?
Learning outcomes
) Students should be in a position to understand the way culture influences attitudes toward death and life threatening diseases
2) Theoretical views regarding dying and grief
3) The differences between hospital care, home care, hospice care and palliative care
4) The way children grief
5) The way children face life-threatening diseases