Pohledy na smrt očima řeholních sester

• Authors: Zdeňka Dohnalová

Title variants

EN

Perception of death through the eyes of nuns

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The present article aims to answer the research question: How did the nuns perceive death, the dying and the deceased? The author presents partial results of her qualitative research realized among the nuns employed in one of the nursing homes as nurses. The article presents the perception of the dying persons from part of the nuns, as well as their professional approach to these persons. Further, the author presents the perception of the dead persons from part of the nuns, and records their specific ways of dealing with the bodies of the deceased. As for the results of the research, it can be stated that the nuns perceive dead as a mysterious event that constitutes part of their and our lives and represents a return to God; however, in spite of these mostly positive connotations dead is for them a disquieting event.

Keywords

EN

nun; nurse; client; nursing home; death; dying

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 445-462
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zdeňka Dohnalová

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic