Death Education

Death and dying are still a taboo subject in contemporary society. We are witnessing the denial of finitude, an attitude which ultimately has the effect of diminishing the attention and care of those who are in the final stages of life. In this context, the work of the psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004) strongly awakens us to the need to death education and to a greater awareness and humanization in end-of-life care. This essay argues for the need to (re)introduce the subject of death into social discourse and, more specifically, into educational practices from a very early age. Only in this way will we be able to face death more naturally and serenely, thus contributing to a less painful experience of this final stage of life.