Affiliations: [a] Department of Hospital Management, College of Medical Sciences, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea | [b] Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea | [c] Department of General Art Education, College of Liberal Education, Konyang University, Nonsan, Korea | [d] Department of Health & Welfare Management, Konyang Cyber University, Daejeon, Korea | [e] Department of Hotel & Tourism, College of Global Business Administration, Konyang University, Nonsan, Korea | [f] Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea
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Corresponding author: Kwang-Hwan Kim, Department of Hospital Management, College of Medical Sciences, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea. E-mail:kkh@konyang.ac.kr
Abstract: In order to analyze tasks of the death education curriculum for
the public, DACUM method was used. A committee for DACUM was gathered and a
survey was conducted on professors of health care, humanities and social
sciences for an interdisciplinary study. In the survey used to verify the
model for death education for the public, a compilation based on difficulty
and importance factor shows that the 27 tasks including the psychological
changes in terminally ill or suicidal patients, healing of stress,
acceptance and understanding of death and suicide prevention were identified
as needing to be included in the curriculum. The data thus concluded will
have to be reviewed when they are applied to actual education to revise the
education program to make it more appropriate.
Keywords: DACUM method, death education curriculum, development of a death education
