Patricelli, K. (2016). Death and Dying Introduction. Retrieved on 10th April 2016 from: http://communitycounselingservices.org/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=11985&cn=174 The author points out that death has remained a great mystery and a central issue, which philosophy, science as well as religion have been wrestling since the start of human existence. Dying is described as a natural element of existence among most cultures, but death has remained a mystery. Death is feared enemy in most cultures globally and modern medicine has been involved in significant research in order to defeat death. The discomfort associated with dying and death is brought about by the fact that individuals are in the hospital during the dying process or during the occurrence of their death. Death is described as the permanent end of the life of an individual. When …show more content…
During dying, individuals are mentally prepared for the occurrence of the death unlike the presence of the normal death experienced in the society. Many people react differently in the event of an abrupt death other than when an individual is engaged in a dying process. For instance, the author explains the different forms of dying processes that mostly do not affect the society, which includes suicide as well as execution. However, deaths that are caused by an occurrence as an accident change the community significantly. Dying is a process that occurs for a period since an individual goes through a number of stages caused by either sickness or normal aging. Individuals are dying when they have a disease that cannot be treated. When a disease is at a late stage, it is hard to get medication as well as to recover fully. These individuals are described as dying since they cannot be healed and have no alternative apart from waiting for their