Similarly, they did not want to take away patients' hope by discussing death and dying while giving chemotherapy, but they realised that delaying such discussions reduced their patients' time to accept death and to say farewell.
To facilitate the discussion, interviewers prompted subjects with questions such as "How comfortable are you with discussing death?", "Do you think it is a taboo to discuss death?", "Do you believe in life after death?".
Discussing death, we reveal something intimate, even shocking about ourselves.
In China, for example, a strong taboo hangs over discussing death.
I'm not against discussing death and euthanasia, but when it is one of the key plotlines it becomes harmful.
It's realistic rather than uplifting, but in 15 minutes Schneider proves that discussing death should happen more often.
It was the start of a new year and my father and I were trying to avoid discussing death.
Just now there seems to be a vogue for events and campaigns discussing death, such as last year's Death Salon at my museum, as well as Death Café, Death over Dinner, and Dying Matters.
She now gives talks on advanced care planning in London's Chinese community, where discussing death is taboo, and is helping a client whose husband recently died, in addition to her day job in a gym.
If discussing death is still taboo in 21st-century Britain, multiply that by 10 and you get an idea of how people react when you say you've lost both parents.
In the book – and in her final interview with the ABC's Richard Fidler – Cory talks about how ill-prepared the secular can be when it comes to discussing, preparing for or even discussing death.
