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148397 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.63283 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 2021-05 62 pages eng Jo, Eleanor Sturgess, Jessica Marsteller, Sara School of Life Sciences Barrett, The Honors College Text American discomfort with death has hindered important end of life conversations within families. The groundwork for this discomfort can be attributed to a variety of influences common in American life. This thesis investigates the influence of religion, media portrayal, and healthcare on the perception of death in the United States and offers death mindfulness as a means for the average American to become more comfortable with death. Death United States Death Mindfulness The Foundations for Perceptions of Death in the Modern United States