Abstract
The overarching mission of Death Cafes is to raise people’s consciousness about life’s temporality so that they make the most of their finite lives. Death Cafés create a space for people to gather and have an open dialogue about death and dying. The current qualitative research study explores the experience of nine participants who engage in Death Cafes as facilitators or attendees. Findings including themes of “The Setting”, “The Players”, and “The Conversation” explore the experiences of Death Cafe participation. Discussion of findings and implications include death rituals, commercialization of death experiences, and the supportive community of the Death Cafe.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 237-252 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Omega: Journal of Death and Dying |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2022.
Keywords
- Death Café
- death awareness
- phenomenology
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article