The Organization of Thanatology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13629797
AutoresKenneth J Doka (0000-0002-4266-3748, The College of New Rochelle, New York, autor correspondente), E Neil Heflin-Wells (Private Practice Clinician, Manassas, Virginia), Terry L Martin (Hood College, Frederick, Maryland), Lula M Redmond (Certified Thanatologist, Clearwater, Florida), Sherry R Schachter (Calvary Hospital/Hospice, New York)
Ano2011
Volume63
Fascículo2
Páginas113-124
Data de publicação2011-06-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.63.2.a
PMID21842661
OpenAlexW2173672616
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas11

This article explores, using Wilensky's Model of Professionalization, the emergence of professional organizations within the thanatology. The authors review the history of four organizations--The Foundation of Thanatology, Ars Moriendi, The Forum for Death Education and Counseling (now the Association for Death Education and Counseling: A Thanatology Organization [ADEC]), and The International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement (IWG). The authors speculate on some of the reasons that the first two failed while IWG and ADEC remain viable-while noting challenges that these remaining thanatological organizations will experience as they seek to continue to stay relevant

Death education · Foundation (evidence · Political science · Professionalization · Social science · Sociology · Thanatology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology