Development of intervention strategies on fear of death and anxiety

Abstract

The death and dying is a taboo in the society. The aim of our study is the examining and reviewing of the possibilities for interventions designed to reduce anxiety generating fear of death. It is our further aim and we hope to make use of recent findings (together with the developed models in operation) and to apply new intervention strategies in order to reduce fear and anxiety, and to develop a healthier and more accepting death image among health care workers as well as in the society. The main subjects are the family, the difference educational levels, medical students and health care workers who deal with terminally ill patients. Regarding the intervention strategies, we show new models as well. © 2009 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.