Good Dead

Introduction

Denying death is natural, and it may even serve as a healthy purpose when we are young, but this denial often becomes harder to maintain when we become older, especially when we are sick and have watched our love ones pass away. The reasons I choose this topic to write about is because I want to know if one day someone I know is suffering a terminal illness, what should I need to be aware of and what I need to do to make the process easier to bear. In many Western countries today, a deeper recognition for the need to improve end-of-life care is gradually emerging. It has been argued that technological advances in medicine have obscured the need for human compassion for the dying and their loved ones. There is also a growing public demand for a more holistic, integrated approach toward health, illness, death and dying.

Nature of Dying

Dying is a nature human process, Sir Francis Bacon once quote that “It is as natural to die as to be born.” (Francis, 2004) Which is true because we cannot escape the dying process in our late life and it is hard to deal with physically and mentally. Therefore,