Cognition of medication before death in the background of Thanatopedagogical Relational Alternative Therapy – comparative analysis of the study carried out in Czechia, Poland, Ukraine, and Italy

Abstract

Thanatopedagogical Relational Alternative Therapy is an integral element of the developing thanatopedagogy. It originates in the experience connected with working with terminally ill children and their parents. In the context of this diagnostic and therapeutic tool, in the years 2009–2014 a research, which aimed at recognizing the perception of the fear of death, was conducted in the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Italy. The presented part of the studies was conducted in quantitative strategy by authorial tool. The sample was 792 persons form assistance professions.

Keywords

• tanatopedagogika
• tanatopsychologia
• lęk
• strach
• lęk tanatyczny
• terapia