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Nurse education today · Jun 2020
Memento Mori: Can art assist student nurses to explore death and dying? A qualitative study.
To report how an art-based workshop assisted undergraduate nursing students to explore their experiences and beliefs about death and dying. ⋯ This shared experience encouraged open and honest discussion and reflection, enhanced critical thinking and the need for compassionate person, and family-centred palliative and end-of-life care. While this study focused on an educational strategy delivered to student nurses, it is an approach that could be used with other health and social care professionals. Close and critical observation of the selected art increased participant understanding and insight of the many experiences and interpretations of death and dying.