Can Individuals Who Are Specialists in Death, Dying, and Bereavement Contribute to the Prevention and/or Mitigation of Armed Conflicts and Cycles of Violence?

Titel	Can Individuals Who Are Specialists in Death, Dying, and Bereavement Contribute to the Prevention and/or Mitigation of Armed Conflicts and Cycles of Violence?
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 35 (2011) 5, S.455-466 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Grief; Violence; Prevention; Conflict; Religion; Death; Coping; War; Social Problems; Educational Needs; Interpersonal Communication; Emotional Response; Holistic Approach; Spiritual Development; International Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Gewalt; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Konflikt; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Bewältigung; Krieg; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Emotionales Verhalten; Holistischer Ansatz
Abstract	Specialists in death, dying, and bereavement and their consequences for individuals, families, and communities have experience and research findings that are relevant to an understanding of the reactions of individuals faced by deadly violence. At such times, powerful emotions and ingrained patterns of thought and behavior can given rise to disproportionate responses that may feed into cycles of violence. An extended table shows how professionals helping individuals and families faced with violent death share common aims with those aiming to help larger social units faced with armed attacks. It follows that these professionals should work together to improve death education, to prepare people for possible deadly violence and, where possible, to suggest alternatives, to create secure places and relationships in which communication becomes possible, bad news can be broken and understood, feelings examined, differences reconciled, and people can redirect anger into the prevention of escalation rather than its perpetuation. All of these activities hold out hope that cycles of deadly violence can be broken as well as mitigating the consequences when they are not. The undoubted success of the worldwide palliative care movement resulted from the recognition of serious deficiencies in existing services, the provision of an inclusive, holistic, program that extends across medical, social, psychological, and spiritual realms of discourse, providing care for patients and their families, irrespective of wealth, race, religion, and political persuasion, by dedicated leaders and teams backed by education and information services and organized across geographical boundaries. It is argued here that the time is ripe for a similar commitment to bring to an end the scandal of armed conflict by a similarly multidisciplinary, multicultural effort to relieve the suffering that both causes and results from armed conflict. This must remain independent of race, religion, political persuasion, and opposing sides and could build upon the leadership, educational models, information services, and international organizations that already exist for the provision of palliative and bereavement care. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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