“怕死”－談健康老人對死亡的焦慮

The Death Anxiety in the Healthy Elderly

鍾芬芳(Fen-Fang Chung) ； 蔡芸芳(Yun-Fang Tsai)

《長庚科技學刊》 11期 (2009/12) Pp. 123-132

https://doi.org/10.6192/CGUST.2009.12.11.12

摘要

醫療科技進步使人類壽命得以延長，老年人口數逐年攀升，台灣也已邁入高齡化社會。了解老年人對於死亡的態度與想法，有助於醫療專業人員提供適切的照護。本篇透過文獻查證，探討死亡焦慮的定義、不同文化及宗教信仰對死亡的態度、健康老人的死亡焦慮、測量工具、影響因素及死亡教育，期能有助醫療人員對健康老人死亡焦慮議題的瞭解。

關鍵字

老人 ； 死亡焦慮

並列摘要

The advance of medicine and technology has improved the life expectancy of human. Elderly population has been growing. Taiwan has already entered for advanced-age society. It is important for the health care professionals to realize the attitude and perception of death among the elderly to ensure appropriate care and assistance would be delivered. Based on literature review, this paper explores the meaning of death anxiety, death attitude in different cultures and religious beliefs, death anxiety of healthy elderly and measuring tools, its related factors and death education for the elderly. It will help health care professionals to have a better understanding of the issues related to death anxiety among the elderly.

並列關鍵字

elderly ； death anxiety