The argument that modern society denies and hides death more than pre-modern societies is based on three basic assumptions. Firstly, the idea that in the past the man was in control of his death and of the ways in which, mostly at home, relatives and friends accompanying him at the extreme times took place. In modern society, however, the majority of people die in hospitals, far from their loved ones, in loneliness and silence. Decisions are now in the hands of others. Secondly, we believe that...