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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 10:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
And what about a desseaced person's family... is there a good way for keep them in a good mental situation? I think that the dead doesn't need a solution, but his or her family need it. What do you think about? Anticipate thanks for your response. [200.67.150.165, 17:42, 17 Sep 2004]
mortuary scientists and funeral directors deal with thanatology in the sense that they are the ones who prepare the bodies for their final rest. While the work of a practical thanatologist involves many techniques medical personnel perform, e.g. restoring facial features, dehydrating bodies with edema etc, they do not consider themselves medical personnel for it is not their goal to save a life, but to prepare the body so that it can be positively viewed by the bereaved. It is of great concern to them how the viewing influences their mourning process.
"Alternately, a terminally ill individual who believes that suicide is a sin may be wracked with guilt. On one hand, he may wish to end the suffering, but on the other hand, he may believe that he will be sent to hell for eternity unless he dies naturally, however long and painful that may be."
I'm no expert on the topic, but having a basic knowledge on modern Christian (at least Protestant) doctrine, people choose not to end their lives in a terminal situation for religious reasons other than the belief that they will go to hell if they do so. The article implies that all religions that oppose euthenasia also believe that suicides are condemned to hell, which is not true in all cases.
It would be nice if this could be acknowledged in the article, but having never directly studied thanatology myself, I feel unqualified to do so unilaterally.
This article is severely lacking in references. I was tempted to remove quite a lot of it but instead chose to indicate where citations were needed, although that applies to virtually every claim.
Also, I removed the text mentioning specific universities in America and Spain that offer courses in Thanatology from the 'Fields of Study' section, because universities are usually deemed businesses, and it therefore constitutes advertising in my opinion. However, if a compromise is to be reached, a new section (or page) listing the universities offering the study of Thanatology might be more appropriate. This at least separates what should be unbiased from what may be biased. Nebuliser ( talk) 01:36, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
65.31.118.134 ( talk) 05:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
In the first section titled, “History”, you begin talking about a man named Ellie Metchnikoff. You then immediately talk about his work which he was known for, “phagocytosis”. I don’t believe many viewers of this page will know the meaning of that word and in turn, it will be a bit difficult for them to be able to make sense of the whole paragraph without knowing the main premise of his work. I think it would be beneficial to add a bit of information concerning this topic. K.wilson ( talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Joe- Also in the “History” section, the death and dignity movement is cited as a reason for an increase in the interest in thanatology. Personally, I don’t know anything about that particular movement so it might be beneficial to give a very brief description of what that entailed and why people became more concerned with thanatology as a result of it. It is better to assume the reader doesn’t know a lot about the topic.. K.wilson ( talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Maddie- In the “Goals” section of the article, in the last paragraph it is written that thanatology has come a long way and is very prominent. There isn’t any information about the prominence of this. Some statistics may be helpful that depict the rise in education about death in universities over time. Also, I think that there could be more information added to the “Forensic Science” section of the article it seems like there is more information on this topic. K.wilson ( talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Krista Wilson- In the “Coping with Death” section I noticed a couple things that could be improved. The word ‘wellbeing” should be hyphenated like such, well-being. One sentence says “one coming myth” when it should be “one common myth”. Another says ‘pay an enormous medical bills’ so, the ‘s’ on bill should be removed. Also, there’s a phrase in the section that says, “supporting their loved ones who is nearing the end of their day”, I think better grammar and word choice could make this better by saying, “supporting their loved ones who are passing away.”
K.wilson (
talk)
21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
It seems as if whole passages have been copied from something else. No organization to the ideas in the article at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.149.10 ( talk) 00:52, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 August 2020 and 24 November 2020. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Ljkennedy03. Peer reviewers:
Mya.white.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 10:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
And what about a desseaced person's family... is there a good way for keep them in a good mental situation? I think that the dead doesn't need a solution, but his or her family need it. What do you think about? Anticipate thanks for your response. [200.67.150.165, 17:42, 17 Sep 2004]
mortuary scientists and funeral directors deal with thanatology in the sense that they are the ones who prepare the bodies for their final rest. While the work of a practical thanatologist involves many techniques medical personnel perform, e.g. restoring facial features, dehydrating bodies with edema etc, they do not consider themselves medical personnel for it is not their goal to save a life, but to prepare the body so that it can be positively viewed by the bereaved. It is of great concern to them how the viewing influences their mourning process.
"Alternately, a terminally ill individual who believes that suicide is a sin may be wracked with guilt. On one hand, he may wish to end the suffering, but on the other hand, he may believe that he will be sent to hell for eternity unless he dies naturally, however long and painful that may be."
I'm no expert on the topic, but having a basic knowledge on modern Christian (at least Protestant) doctrine, people choose not to end their lives in a terminal situation for religious reasons other than the belief that they will go to hell if they do so. The article implies that all religions that oppose euthenasia also believe that suicides are condemned to hell, which is not true in all cases.
It would be nice if this could be acknowledged in the article, but having never directly studied thanatology myself, I feel unqualified to do so unilaterally.
This article is severely lacking in references. I was tempted to remove quite a lot of it but instead chose to indicate where citations were needed, although that applies to virtually every claim.
Also, I removed the text mentioning specific universities in America and Spain that offer courses in Thanatology from the 'Fields of Study' section, because universities are usually deemed businesses, and it therefore constitutes advertising in my opinion. However, if a compromise is to be reached, a new section (or page) listing the universities offering the study of Thanatology might be more appropriate. This at least separates what should be unbiased from what may be biased. Nebuliser ( talk) 01:36, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
65.31.118.134 ( talk) 05:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
In the first section titled, “History”, you begin talking about a man named Ellie Metchnikoff. You then immediately talk about his work which he was known for, “phagocytosis”. I don’t believe many viewers of this page will know the meaning of that word and in turn, it will be a bit difficult for them to be able to make sense of the whole paragraph without knowing the main premise of his work. I think it would be beneficial to add a bit of information concerning this topic. K.wilson ( talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Joe- Also in the “History” section, the death and dignity movement is cited as a reason for an increase in the interest in thanatology. Personally, I don’t know anything about that particular movement so it might be beneficial to give a very brief description of what that entailed and why people became more concerned with thanatology as a result of it. It is better to assume the reader doesn’t know a lot about the topic.. K.wilson ( talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Maddie- In the “Goals” section of the article, in the last paragraph it is written that thanatology has come a long way and is very prominent. There isn’t any information about the prominence of this. Some statistics may be helpful that depict the rise in education about death in universities over time. Also, I think that there could be more information added to the “Forensic Science” section of the article it seems like there is more information on this topic. K.wilson ( talk) 21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Krista Wilson- In the “Coping with Death” section I noticed a couple things that could be improved. The word ‘wellbeing” should be hyphenated like such, well-being. One sentence says “one coming myth” when it should be “one common myth”. Another says ‘pay an enormous medical bills’ so, the ‘s’ on bill should be removed. Also, there’s a phrase in the section that says, “supporting their loved ones who is nearing the end of their day”, I think better grammar and word choice could make this better by saying, “supporting their loved ones who are passing away.”
K.wilson (
talk)
21:09, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
It seems as if whole passages have been copied from something else. No organization to the ideas in the article at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.149.10 ( talk) 00:52, 31 December 2019 (UTC)