Dignity and Death : Psychological well being in death

Abstract

Dignity in Mental Health is the theme of the World
Mental Health day 2015. While talking of dignity for
mentally ill persons another thought which comes to
mind is dignity of dying. Mario Puzo In Godfather
describes the death of Godfather at home in garden
with bright sunlight and playing children around
him saying “life is beautifulâ€; many of us will like
this kind of death but we are condemned to die in
ICU settings hooked with all kind of life support
and all kind of tubes in body, with masked doctors
as caregiver and no loved one at sight. This scenario
is raising whole lot of questions regarding end of life
care provided by health care delivery system .