DEATH EDUCATION IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM

This paper, which is in three parts, first surveys the development of some forms of informal death education in the United Kingdom since Gor er's (1965) post-war survey of attitudes to death, grief and mourning. It notes how many of the responses made to the death of Diana, Prince ss of Wales, are part of such developments. Next it shows how the medi a in particular, together with exhibitions, courses and reports, conti nue to contribute to the attainment of four goals originally applied t o American Death Education: (1) informing of facts not currently wides pread in society, (2) learning to deal with feelings about one's own d eath and the deaths of significant others, (3) becoming informed consu mers of medical and funeral services, and (4) clarifying one's values on social and ethical issues. The paper concludes by outlining some ch oices and challenges that death and bereavement present using Buber's I-Thou perspective.