Conversations of life and death: Experiences of death awareness and Death Café participation

Feven Seifu; Michael M. Morgan; Amanda C. DeDiego; Ayn Rassier

doi:10.1002/johc.12199

Conversations of life and death: Experiences of death awareness and Death Café participation

Feven Seifu, Michael M. Morgan, Amanda C. DeDiego, Ayn Rassier

Educational Psychology

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Abstract

To understand the experiences of Death Café attendees and facilitators, the current qualitative study entailed interviews with nine participants focused on mortality awareness. Discussion of findings explores how mortality awareness influences culture and values. Implications explore how death and mortality can be addressed in counseling practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	53-66
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Humanistic Counseling
Volume	63
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12199
State	Published - Apr 2024

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© 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Counseling Association (ACA).

Keywords

Death Café
death awareness
existentialism
grief and loss
mortality

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