Eckerd Lizabeth M
School of Social Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana and Department of Psychology, Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521, USA.
Death Stud. 2009 Sep;33(8):762-70. doi: 10.1080/07481180902961211.
The certainty of facing death and bereavement and the complex personal and societal issues involved argue for the importance of death education. The current study addresses a gap in knowledge by beginning to assess the extent of dying, death, and bereavement (DD&B) course offerings by U.S. psychology departments. This article reports on data collected from an initial survey of psychology departments in nine Midwestern states. Approximately 20% of respondents have offered a DD&B course in the last 5 years. Reasons for lack of DD&B courses include faculty and curriculum issues, as well as DD&B topics being covered elsewhere. These issues are discussed, and data are compared with DD&B course coverage in health-related fields.
面对死亡和丧亲之痛的确定性以及其中涉及的复杂个人和社会问题表明了死亡教育的重要性。当前的研究通过开始评估美国心理学系开设的濒死、死亡和丧亲之痛（DD&B）课程的程度来填补知识空白。本文报告了从对中西部九个州的心理学系进行的初步调查中收集的数据。约20%的受访者在过去五年中开设了DD&B课程。缺乏DD&B课程的原因包括师资和课程问题，以及DD&B主题在其他地方已有涵盖。本文对这些问题进行了讨论，并将数据与健康相关领域的DD&B课程覆盖情况进行了比较。
