Studies in thanatology and life-and-death education .
生死学与生死教育研究。
The rise of the death education in the western countries is accompanied by the rise of the thanatology .
死亡教育在西方发达国家的兴起,就是伴随着死亡学的兴起而起步的。
In 20th century , with the rapid development of science and technology and the changes of thinking , the west used to the fear of death , challenged by rationality , so many countries established the " thanatology " , the new discipline .
The funeral directors have a rather high demand for the contents of thanatology , of which six kinds of curricula are listed in order of need : funeral services , study from medical prospect , hospice care , study on sociology of death , study from mental prospect , and essence of death .