ARS MORIENDI ESTONIA 2030: a medical anthropological and linguistic study to improve death literacy

Access to palliative care services is a human right and must be available to all people in need, regardless of age, socio-cultural or religious background, education, and language skills. As with other health services, end-of-life care must be culturally appropriate so that people can relate to it. The humanities have an essential role to play in (re)evaluating end-of-life issues and death-related taboos. The ARS MORIENDI project aims to collect and analyze the end-of-life experiences of people living in Estonia and to map people's knowledge about death and dying. We use mixed methods to collect data on people's Death Literacy (knowledge of end-of-life and death). We analyze the data thematically, statistically, and linguistically. We will analyze the beliefs, knowledge, and communication around end-of-life issues and launch a Death Literacy campaign to encourage social debate on developing culturally appropriate end-of-life care services.