The purpose of death education is to educate people to face death calmly and establish a scientific, reasonable and healthy view of death; Eliminate people's psychological phenomena such as fear and anxiety about death; Know how to respect, maintain and not hurt others' lives; Understand the cause of death and the measures to prevent and delay death; Face up to the problem of birth, aging, illness and death bravely, deepen people's profound understanding of death, let more people realize that life includes three stages: prenatal and postnatal care, prenatal and postnatal care, and turn this understanding into cherishing life and spending it happily.
The significance of death education is not only to let people know how to live healthily, worthily and painlessly, but also to die with dignity. It not only enhances people's awareness of rights, but also promotes the development of medical science. Through death education, people realize that death is an irresistible natural law. Death education is also an education to get rid of superstition and improve literacy, which is the need of the development of social spiritual civilization and an integral part of the education of outlook on life.
At present, there is a gap in death education in China, both culturally and institutionally. It is necessary to learn from foreign advanced experience, carry out death education suitable for China's national conditions and national characteristics, and improve the scientific understanding and respect of life and death of the whole people.