When the unthinkable threatens

Silence about death may not be the only act open to the human spirit. If we cannot think death through to comprehension and if we cannot talk about the unspeakable, we may be able to show, to evoke what death, for the human spirit, really is. The incomprehensibility of death is so intense and tightl...

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Published in:Journal of palliative care 2012, Vol.28 (3), p.131-133
Main Author: Roy, David J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Attitude to Death
Funeral Rites
Humans
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Summary:Silence about death may not be the only act open to the human spirit. If we cannot think death through to comprehension and if we cannot talk about the unspeakable, we may be able to show, to evoke what death, for the human spirit, really is. The incomprehensibility of death is so intense and tightly bound together that it cannot be expressed in strings of words without being torn apart and scattered into meaninglessness. Such experiences fall into [R.
ISSN:0825-8597
2369-5293
DOI:10.1177/082585971202800301