The Concept of Good Death

There is one thing in this world that no one can escape, that everyone fears, and makes people who are close to that person miserable, and that is death. Death is the worst thing that can ever happen to a person, and is just as bad for the people who are close to them. There is an emptiness that comes with the death of a loved one or someone close. That blankness in the world does something to the people who encompass that person who passed. It changes people, whether it is for better or worse. Death is a part of life and depending on how people are affected can dictate whether it will leave a positive or negative change to their life and that conversion happened to me with the death of my mother, Fran.

Legal death and physiological death are not the same thing. Legal death is when the brain ceases function due a variety of things. A physiological death is when there is machine of some sort being used to keep bodily functions working such as cardiac muscles which keeps the blood flowing. To me, there should be an absolute definition of death that covers all moral, ethical, physiological, and legal deaths. There must be some basic definition of it for medical professionals to follow because everyone has different ethical and moral beliefs, which must be considered. In order to avoid any patient having their rights violated in a situation where they can’t voice their moral and ethical beliefs there must be a baseline for pronouncing someone

Death, dying and other ethical dilemmas are issues that all Intensive Care Units (ICUs) throughout the world have to face and address. In the Current Opinion in Critical Care, Vol 16, No 6, December 2010, p. 640, Dixon-Woods and Bosk, writing on the topic of “Death, dying and other ethical dilemmas” under the journal’s section of ‘Ethical, legal and organizational issues in the ICU’, have stated that “Recent ethnographic work suggests that ethical dilemmas associated with end-of-life care in ICU clearly persist, even if clinicians are now more open about patients’ chances of surviving. An Australian study identified how decisions and actions made

Death is a very controversial subject. Many argue that it is a terrible phenomenon in life, while others argue for its necessity. One kind of death, however, most would argue against. The death of a child. Something so dreaded it has become a sort of taboo to Western society. Death is a very curious thing, it may take some, while it leaves others. Sometimes it can be surprising, while other times expected. While death may be one of the most inexplicable and confusing phenomena that our world has to offer, there is one certainty, and that is that death is inevitable. As a child, I always knew this to be fact, though I never really saw the effects of it, until I was

Death comes to all in the end, shrouded in mystery, occasionally bringing with it pain, and while some may welcome its finality, others may fight it with every ounce of their strength. Humans have throughout the centuries created death rituals to bring them peace and healing after the death of a loved one.

Death can either bring people closer together or push them farther away. It is a turning point for everyone close to them. Death brings out how people feel and what the person did to help or didn't do to help. As shown in Antigone and in The tragedy of Julius Caesar, death is delicate subject that can affect everything that happens in the future.

Initially, it seems as if the “Death” presented in Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not for Death –” was meant to parallel a suitor. In fact, Chris Semansky claims that “Death” in the poem “is personified as a suitor who takes his potential bride away from her busy life” (Semansky). However, with further investigation, it becomes evident that “Death” is actually a representation of God, extinguishing the possibility of a romantic aspect. “Death” does not show any definite affection toward the speaker, but rather, “He” is kind and respectful, which confirms that “Death” does not have to be seen as a suitor. Although there is no explicit mention of spirituality within the poem, given Dickinson’s Christian background, along with her consistent poetic themes involving life and death from a religious standpoint, an extended metaphor of God as “Death” is feasible. “Death” initially stops for the speaker because she is unable to stop for herself, revealing the inabilities of mankind and the need for help in some form. In “Because I could not stop for Death-,” Dickinson reveals that man’s short fallings are consolidated through the manifestation of God’s power. This is done through the illustration of a carriage ride as well as the strategic use of a flashback.

Death. Something that no one wants to think about much less encounter. Yet we all must come face to face with death in some way or another. The whole process of losing a loved one and taking care of the remains made me wonder why we honor the dead the way we do. Why do we bury them or burn them? What dictates that religion, environment, culture? What is the point of doing anything at all for the dead? To honor their memory or ease the pain for those left behind? Death in the ancient world held a deeper meaning than it does today, in the ancient world they look out for your soul and the journey it is about to embark upon. Our traditions today are merely warped versions from these ancient traditions. As I examined some of the ancient texts from different cultures, I found something very surprising, even across different cultures the dead were tended the same way. You would never notice these similarities, because the rites and meanings are so different, leading me to the conclusion it wasn’t all culture. Environment plays a small role but it was insignificant, in comparison to religion. Religion or the lack thereof was what made these death rites so different and distinctive. Religion affects the practices and different rituals surrounding how the dead are laid to rest in the ancient world as we see in Beowulf, the Iliad, and the Bhagavad-Gita.

Death could be considered bad, but I like to think of him as a being that is being plagued with constant nightmares. When you think of Death do you see an eerie black phantom with a scythe? If you do then, maybe you should take a deeper look. People think of Death as a killer, someone who takes innocent human lives, but the true killers are the humans. Death didn’t choose the life he was given. He didn’t want to take the souls of the deceased. He didn’t want to tear away their last essence of life, yet he had that job forced upon him anyway. Death is innocent, damaged, and a savior.

Death is a reality that people face each day; so what is a biblical theistic view of death? Ultimately, people have two destinations after they die: Heaven (with God) or Hell (without God). This life is not all there is for anyone. In the grand scheme of things death is not the end of existence. God has created people for himself, i.e., humans were created to live for him.

There are many causes of death due to certain issues within the human body they may be caused from environmental stress or just something that is abnormal inside the body. The causes of deaths that have been described or learned are different from one another and will give a sense of how they are opposite of one another. When certain parts of the body or certain organs of the body stop working properly, there are reasons why this may happen, which include how we may treat our body or just if there’s a problem going on that we may or may not have control over. In other words death may be mysterious or caused by a problematic trauma to our bodies. This paper will discuss only, the difference between cardiac death and brain

Death is something people in our society don’t think about overall, so many of us think in a sense that we are going to live forever. I don't think of death at all because I am still in the young stages of life, there has been death in my family in the last couple of years. When it comes to the concept of dying a good death, it would have to do with surrounding yourself with the individual in your life that is still alive like your kids and grandkids. Another concept of dying a good death is during that time, passing way with not a lot of pain in the process. Another idea when it comes to an individual of dying a good death is the reflection aspect. When a person is nearing death, they will be able to reflect on their life and many happy

Death has been a motivating factor of human society since society existed. Whether humans simply fear death or that they don’t understand the reality of death, humans have always had a very notable and sensitive curiosity about death. This goes back to simple human nature, which is to fear what one does not understand, as well as to try to understand it to make the idea less daunting. The latter is particularly resolved via the use of religion in culture. As culture and society has evolved over the course of human development, the current attitude towards death has changed. Even if one believes there is an afterlife, one today understands they have a finite amount of time to spend on earth. This limited time can be spent however the person

It lurks in the back of everyone’s mind, soundless and black, never seeming real until landing right in someone’s ear, whispering that the time has came. A term created at the same time as life, death originally defined itself as “a permanent cessation of all vital functions; the end of life” (“Death”). The uses and views on death seem endless: some fear it, unable to imagine a world without themselves. Those involved in Christianity believe that death starts the beginning of eternal life in a place called “Heaven”. In everyday life, death surrounds everything. Everyone and everything that ever lived, eventually ceases to exist in the world after the inevitable death.

Euthanasia back then is defined literally as a good death, but in this recent times, it is defined as the intentional ending of a life or a suffering and is more reserved for situations involving doctors and also in the case of assisted dying (Huxtable, 2013). It is further defined as ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering (Healey, 2013). In Australia, the Commonwealth government consequently tried to counteract euthanasia by passing the Criminal code Amendment or which is known as Suicide Related Materials Offences Bill of 2004. Euthanasia was legal in the Northern Territory by the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, the act stated that a terminally ill patient, experiencing pain, suffering and distress to an extent deemed unacceptable, could request a medical practitioner for assistance to end his or her life (Isted & Freegard, 2012). However this act was overrode through the introduction of the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 (Healey, 2013). In Switzerland, Swiss people or foreigners may be prescribed a deadly drug where the recipient takes the final active role in the drug administration. Other countries that has a legal law on euthanasia includes three European countries such as Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium and three states of the United States namely, Oregon, Washington and Montana (Healey, 2013). Dignitas is the only organization in the world which offers a physician assisted suicide service to and from people from all around the world