• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.61-73
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• 1991

The purpose of this study was to awaken the necessity of death education and provide basic materials for healthy attitudes toward death and life. For this purpose, it observed the attitudes toward death by Juveniles and recognized life satisfaction & values related to it. The subjects for this study was based 504 students of high school in Seoul. The data was analyzed by the methods of frequency, percentage, reliability, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The higher life satisfaction was the higher value on self one's ability and life. 2. There was a negative correlation that the higher life satisfaction is the higher lever death anxiety, negative to suicide and death. 3. There was no differences between values and death anxiety. However, there was negative correlation that the higher values was negative to suicide and reject death. 4. In the relationship between the individual background and attitudes toward death, there seem to be statistically significant differences: woman, general high school, the lower grade, the higher the lever of socioeconomic statues were the lower anxiety, positive to death and awaken the necessity of death education.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.3-19
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was done to identify effects of preparation for death and depression on geriatric quality of life in rural communities and to identify whether preparation for death has a moderating effect on the relationship between depression and geriatric quality of life. Methods: Data from 210 rural elders over 65 years of age were obtained through face-to-face interviews with the elders and were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 program. Results: Quality of life of elders who had prepared for death was lower than for elders who had not prepared for death. Elders with higher psychological preparation for death had a higher quality of life. Ritual preparation for death had negative effects but they were not statistically significant. Psychological preparation for death had a moderating effect on depression and quality of life for elders in the rural community. The explanation power was 36.1% while ritual preparation for death had no moderating effect on either depression or quality of life. Conclusions: It is necessary to provide rural elders with intervention programs designed to improve positive thinking and attitudes to living considering religion in the process. Intervention programs to improve psychological preparation for death are also required to alleviate depression.

• 영어영문학
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.611-632
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• 2012

Beckett's life-long struggling with death may be illuminated in terms of the Western tradition of thanatology as well as Philippe Ariès's anthropological classification of death. Among the Western tradition, Beckett's oeuvre incarnates memento mori, timor mori, nihilism, theatrum mundi, life as afterlife, and the transsubstantiation of the self. Among the five views of death Ariès suggests, Beckett appears to foreground the death of the self and the invisible dirty death. In a world devoid of transcendental Signified, Beckett's resident is "a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage." Our contemporary vision of death is dominated by the dirty death and timor mori resurrected from the cultural icon of danse macabre in the late Mediaeval age as vividly dramatized in W;t by Margaret Edson. Beckett stands in no man's land: Lucky complains of divine aphathia as well as scopes at the possibility of God's existence like Hamm. Beckett's way of getting out of the dilemma is laughing a mirthless and dianoetic laugher. To bourgeois class who shudder at the sight of Grim Death after forgettable years of indulgence and addiction to capitalist consumption, Beckett seems to preach, your life is a death-in-life, you are not born yet until you are baptized with existential awakening as Gregor Samsa in Kafka's Verwandlung, or Tolstoy in Confession.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-16
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to classify the subjectivity type toward death among college students and to understand the characteristics of attitudes and orientations toward death of each type. Since attitudes and orientations toward death is very subjective and unique, Q-methodology was employed in this study. Q-methodology explains the respondent's subjectivity by objectifying his subjectivity for himself. The P-sample consisted of 63 students of K university in D city. Forty statements concerning attitudes and orientations toward death, which developed by Yeun(1999) were utilized for Q-sample. Forty Q-statements were sorted according to the level of agreement or disagreement by forced normal distribution. The Q-sorts by each subjects were coded and analysed with the PC-QUANL program. Five types of subjectivity toward death were identified and labeled. Type 1 'the death- preparation' think frequently about his own death and talk openly about the problem of death with a positive attitude. Type 2 'the life-esteemed' respect the dignity of life most of all. Type 3 'the realty-oriented' do not believe the afterlife and is very concerned about the present life itself instead of thinking about death. Type 4 'the ambivalent' think importantly the aspect of present life and orient the afterlife at the same time. This type reveals opposite attitude of preparing and scaring the death at the same time. Type 5 'the destiny-recipient' attribute death to the destiny and deny suicide. On the basis of this result, the studies about applying and developing educational program on death and hospice care for nurses who care terminal cancer patients and families are needed.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2013

본 연구는 좋은 죽음의 의미가 무엇인가에 대한 질문을 가지고 지역사회에 거주하는 65세 이상의 노인을 대상으로 하여 '좋은 죽음이 무엇이라고 생각 하십니까?' 라는 연구 질문으로 시작 하였다. 지역에 거주하는 65세 이상 노인 350명을 대상으로, 2010년 9월부터 2011년 2월 까지 5개월에 걸쳐 '좋은 죽음이 무엇이라고 생각하십니까?'라는 단일질문에 대해서 인터뷰를 하였다. 전사된 인터뷰 자료를 내용 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 노인들이 인식하는 좋은 죽음의 하위범주는 '배우자와 비슷한 시기에 함께 하는 죽음', '어느 누구에게 폐치지 않는 죽음', '다른 사람에게 좋은 사람으로 기억되는 죽음', '적당한 수명을 누리는 죽음', '명을 다하는 죽음', '내 집에서 맞이하는 죽음', '편안한 죽음', '잠자는 듯한 죽음', '아프지 않는 죽음', '임종과정이 길지않는 죽음', '준비된 죽음', '삶의 최선을 다하고 맞이하는 죽음', '삶을 즐기고 맞이하는 죽음', '베푸는 삶을 살고 가는 죽음', '신앙 속에서의 죽음', '자손이 잘되는 것 보고 가는 죽음'등 16개의 하위 범주가 도출 되었으며, 이는 다시 '주변사람을 배려하는 죽음', '천수를 누리는 죽음', '내 집에서 맞이하는 죽음', '편안한 모습으로의 죽음', '준비된 죽음', '원하는 삶을 누리다 가는 죽음' 등 6개의 범주로 묶여졌다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.260-265
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• 2013

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the seasonal variation of death from intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation (HSS: Korean Standard Classification of Diseases-6 code: X70) using the 2011 death registry data. Methods: The analysis was based on data of 8,359 HSS deaths from 2011 national vital statistics in Korea. Daily, weekly, and monthly death pattern on HSS were used to examine the relationship seasonal variation and HSS deaths. Results: A total of 8,359 HSS deaths occurred in 2011, with a mean age of 50.6 years. The HSS death rate (per 100,000) was 25.5 in male and 10.8 in female. In one day 17.6 males and 8.0 females occurred HSS death on average. The number of HSS death per day was the highest on 8th June (45 deaths), and lowest on 1st February (7 deaths) during the period. The variations of daily HSS death showed wide fluctuation from a peak of 34 to 45 deaths (29th May to 9th June) to a trough of 17-26 deaths (10th-13th September: the Korean thank-giving consecutive holidays), 13-20 deaths (2nd-5th February: the new year's day by the lunar calendar) and 8-9 deaths (24th-25th December: Christmas holidays). There were no significant difference between gender and seasonal variation (month, season, and week). Conclusion: The mean number of HSS death per day was highest in June (30.6 deaths), and months with the lowest number of deaths was January and December (range, 19.4 to 19.6 deaths). HSS death were more prevalent during summer and spring and were less likely to occur during winter. On Saturdays (21.0 deaths), the number of HSS death per day was the lowest, and Monday (27.9 deaths) was the highest. HSS death was less likely to occur on holidays (21.4 deaths). There was significant seasonal variation in HSS death by weekly and monthly (p<0.01).

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.85-98
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• 1978

This study was designed to investigate the elderly people's attitude toward death for the purpose of identifying the issues needed in the planning of health management and care activities for the aged. The total number of subjects in this study was 354 elderly people who were accommodated in house for elderly people (185) and school for elderly people (169). The scale for the attitude toward death of aged persons as an instrument of this study was mainly constructed with reference to Schneidman's attitude questioners toward death modified of adjust the Korean cultural characteristics and attitudes concerning death. Theresultsofthisstudywereasfollows: - 1. Out of total 45.8% of the respondents consider that death is a natural phenomena and ending of life. The responses on the meaning of death appeared differently : non-religions (48.1%) and oriental religions (50.3%) consider death as a natural phenomena however western religions (47.4%) consider that death is God's call. This difference was statistically significant. (x$^2$= 56.6419. df = 10. p<0.01). Respondents with a spouses (52.4%) think death is a natural phenomena opposed to respondent without spouses (33.3%). This was statistically significant. (x$^2$= 14.7134. df= 5 p<0.05). 2. Respondents in the house for aged persons (51.9%) replied. They do not wanted death because it meant a separation from their family as compared to those from school for aged persons (26.0%). 57.9% responded that they want to be told when death is confronted. 3. 51.2% of the respondents replied that the main factor to influence their attitude toward concept of death was the dying of their friends & relatives. 79.9% of respondents expressed that wished to die. The main reason for dying was economic shortage (28.3%). 4. 70.1% of the respondents want their body to be hurried while only 1.1% of the respondents want to donate their body to a medical research. 5. Over two thirds of the respondents replied that they do not believe in a life in heaven or that they will be rebirth. 6. The questioners of this study stimulated 56.8% of the respondents to feel that they should spend the leu of their life more effectively and 15.5% of the respondents felt it gave them the opportunity to think about their death seriously.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.334-343
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• 2013

본 연구는 암환자의 죽음준비와 죽음불안 정도 및 그 관계를 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상은 암으로 진단 받고 4개 병원에 입원 중인 환자 183명으로 자료수집은 2010년 5월에 이루어졌다. 자료분석은 SPSS WIN 20.0 프로그램을 이용하여 서술통계, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient를 산출하였다. 대상자의 죽음준비 정도는 4점 만점에 1.99(${\pm}0.69$)점으로 심리적 준비 정도가 가장 높았으며, 죽음불안 정도는 4점 만점에 2.21(${\pm}0.59$)점으로 죽음과정에 대한 불안이 가장 높게 나타났다. 죽음준비와 죽음불안간의 상관관계는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 대상자의 특성에 따른 죽음준비 정도는 연령, 내세관, 암 병기, 투병기간 및 증상 수에서, 죽음불안 정도는 신앙심과 내세관에서 유의한 차이를 보였다. 암환자들은 특히 죽음과정에 대한 불안이 높기 때문에 투병 및 임종과정에서 겪게 되는 불안을 경감시켜 줄 필요가 있으며, 아울러 영적 간호중재가 포함되어야 함을 제안한다.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2011

Objectives : This study aims to examine the effects of death education program on meaning in life, death anxiety and attitude toward nursing care of the dying patients among nursing students. Methods : Subjects were 155 nursing students of the K college. Before and after the intervention, students responded a questionnaire developed to measure meaning in life, death anxiety and attitude toward nursing care of the dying patients. To analyse the data, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, t-test, and paired t-test were used with an SPSS 12.0 program. Results : 1. Meaning in life and attitude toward nursing care of the dying patients levels significantly increased, death anxiety levels significantly decreased. 2. Meaning in life levels increased significantly in the 20-24 age group, female, first grade, no religion, no death experience of relatives. 3. Death anxiety levels decreased significantly in the 20-24 age group, female, no religion, no death experience of relatives, but increased significantly in a buddhist group. 4. Attitude toward nursing care of the dying patients levels increased significantly in the 20-24 age group, female, first grade, won buddhist, no death experience of relatives. Conclusions : This study, through the above result, shows that the death education program can be an effective nursing education to improve meaning in life and attitude toward nursing care of the dying patients and to decrease death anxiety. These results suggest that the death education program will be helpful for recognizing the values of themselves and their current lives and improving their nursing intervention care of the dying patients.

• 호스피스학술지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to promote the popularization of hospice services by providing the information about the influences of hospice training on participants. We compared differences of attitudes toward death between those of pre-training and post-training by use of questionnaire. This study involved 137 volunteers participating in the hospice training held by one hospice center located in K-city. The questionnaire was composed of 46 items, 21 items of general information and 25 items of information about attitudes toward death. We applied Park's translated version(1992), originally distributed by Thorson and Powell(1988), in the assessment of participants' changed attitudes toward death. Participants were asked to fill out the questionnaire before and after the hospice training. The data were analged by frequency. ANOVA t-test, paired t-test. The results were as follows, 1.Pre-training items holding a high rank were 'The subject about the future life after death is distressing'(F=5.20), 'No worry about any occurrences around the body after a funeral'(F=4.75), 'Having little interest in being laid in a coffin after death'(F=4.56); items holding a low rank were 'Having little interest in any occurrences around the body after death'(F=2.22), 'Willing to deal with the aftermath of the death in detail'(F=1.94), 'No fear to have an idea to be cancerous'(F=1.72). 2.Post-training items holding a high rank were 'No fear to be dead as a result of sufferings from long-lasting illness'(F=3.18), 'No fear to have an idea to be cancerous'(F=3.16)', Having little interest in the future life after death'(F=3.09); items holding a low rank were 'Unpleasant to be not able to move after death(F=1.74), 'Distressing not to know about the future life after death'(F=1.61), 'The subject about the future life after death is distressing'(F=1.60). 3.There were significant difference in participants' attitudes toward death. Compared with pretraining(F=3.97), more positive were developed in post training(F=2.30). The results of this study indicate that hospice training renders positive regards toward death to the participants. Therefore every human being, who is able to speculate about the meaning of death, has to be exposed to the hospice training. In conclusion, hospice training should be popularized in the near future.