<P> Historically death education in American society has been seen as a taboo topic , not worthy of scholarly research or for educational purposes . In the 1960s pioneering professionals like that of Herman Feifel ( 1959 ) , Elisabeth Kübler - Ross ( 1969 ) , and Cicely Saunders ( 1967 ) encouraged behavioral scientists , clinicians , and humanists to pay attention and to study death - related topics . This initiated the death - awareness movement and began the widespread study of death - related behavior , developing new programs of care for the dying and bereaved , as well as new research on death - related attitudes . </P>
<P> Historically death education in American society has been seen as a taboo topic , not worthy of scholarly research or for educational purposes . In the 1960s pioneering professionals like that of Herman Feifel ( 1959 ) , Elisabeth Kübler - Ross ( 1969 ) , and Cicely Saunders ( 1967 ) encouraged behavioral scientists , clinicians , and humanists to pay attention and to study death - related topics . This initiated the death - awareness movement and began the widespread study of death - related behavior , developing new programs of care for the dying and bereaved , as well as new research on death - related attitudes . </P>
when did the modern death awareness movement begin
when did the modern death awareness movement begin
the 1960s
the 1960s