NHPCO NewsLine Summer 2017 - 18

PUT "PASSED AWAY"
AND REVIVE "DIED"
Most people today refer to a person who is dying or has
died as "passing" or having "passed away" rather than
"dying" or "died." We hear and see such language
everywhere, including obituaries. It's common for death to
be cloaked in euphemisms rather than addressed through
simple, straightforward language such as "die," "dying,"
"died," and "death."
In "A Brief History of Death," W. M. Spellman discusses
the Western changes in our relationship to death and
dying throughout history, noting how we have shifted to a
position of distancing and disowning death rather than
embracing this natural-and inevitable-end of life.
Perhaps it's no fault of our own that we've become
comfortable using indirect language as the default position
rather than simple, direct words.
In the pre-modern era, premature death was a common
and regular occurrence. "As late as 1880s, approximately
20 percent of all children born in Western society died
before their first birthday, and another 20 percent died
before their fifth." During that same period in the 1880s,
"global life expectancy at birth was around 30 years"
(Spellman, 2014, 171). These deaths typically happened at
home in the presence of family members and friends.
Extended family and community members were supportive
by assisting with end-of-life care and preparations for
visitation and the funeral, which took place in the home.

BY JUDY K. PORTER, LISW, ACHP-SW
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Virtual Conference (display ad)
Message from Edo
History, Innovation and Trust
Edo Q&A
Summer Listening Tour (display ad)
NHF Gala (display ad)
Lighthouse of Hope Fund (display ad)
Put "Passed Away" to Rest
ACHC (display ad)
Hospice Aides Webinar Series (display ad)
Using Education to Connect
2017 Interdisciplinary Conference
2017 Interdisciplinary Conf (display ad)
Music & Memory
Pioneers of Hospice
NHPCO Career Center (display ad)
2017 Management and Leadership Conf
Advocacy at MLC
NHDD Congressional Briefing
2017 Advocacy Intensive
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Virtual Conference 2017
Linda Rock Receives Award
NHPCO Webinars (display ad)
Podcasts (display ad)
Member News
MVI (display ad)
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News from NHF
News from We Honor Veterans
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