Over the course of a lifetime if there is one thing which anyone can be fully certain of, at least
until now, it is the inevitability of death. This unavoidable reality produces different reactions …

The overarching mission of Death Cafes is to raise people's consciousness about life's
temporality so that they make the most of their finite lives. Death Cafés create a space for …

To understand the experiences of Death Café attendees and facilitators, the current
qualitative study entailed interviews with nine participants focused on mortality awareness …

This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Café, a regular gathering of
strangers from all walks of life who engage in “death talk” over coffee, tea, and desserts …

Death Cafés are informal events that bring people together for conversations about death
and related issues. These events connect strangers from across a range of backgrounds …

This thesis explores the meanings, values and practices associated with organising and
participating in Death Café events in the United Kingdom. Death Café is a not-for-profit …

Background Since 2011 over 1,000 Death Cafes have been held around the world. A Death
Cafe is a casual group discussion of dying and death, typically hosted in someone's home …

Although Bernard Crettaz held the first of his 40 café mortels in 2004, the movement did not
really come to international attention until 2011 when Jon Underwood and his mother, Sue …

The death-positive movement, the latest enactment of the death awareness movement,
posits that contemporary societies are suffering under a 'death taboo'and that people should …