Editorial

In parts of the world, death and dying are considered taboo subjects; mainstream media covers death and dying as sensational dramatic event(s), or as entertainment, but rarely as a part of life and the life cycle. Many businesses and health care services rely on people attempting to avoid death by slowing the aging process (such as anti-wrinkle creams, hair dyes, cosmetic surgeries, etc.), which seems to lead people into a comfortable avoidance of the reality that dying is an imminent and intrinsic part of living