The “A Graceful Death Exhibition”: Portraits and Words from the End of Life

Antonia Rolls
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Social Sciences, 2015, vol. 4, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: This article discusses the lack of knowledge and awareness that hampers end of life experiences, for both the dying and those left behind. It draws on personal experiences, and explores working creatively with dying people, using observations, painting and writing to communicate ideas. Asking the dying to tell us and show us what it is like is very successful in raising awareness, and the article concludes that less separation within our communities from the dying would normalise the process and lessen the fear.

Keywords: palliative care; dying; art; portraits; soul midwife; creative expression; compassionate community; end of life education; end of life experience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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