ABSTRACT
The sociology of dying and death of Erving Goffman presents the dramaturgical approach. Goffman's concept of "biographical disruption" illustrates the impact of the dying and death of a loved one on a person's presentation of self. Goffman would use his concept of "framing" to explain how individuals might try to resolve the crisis of biographical disruption. He suggested that actors in everyday life situations are like actors and actresses on a stage, performing their roles, presenting images, and presenting particular features of their personalities, while hiding other features of their personalities. Goffman's concept of stigma was developed in his book Stigma: Notes of the Management of Spoiled Identity. He discussed the concept of "disability as a master status". The concept that persons with a disability may define themselves as persons with a disability, as a feature of who they are, could also be applied to a person who is defined as dying.
