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Objective: This study was conducted to determine the death perceptions of the students studying in the first and emergency aid programs through metaphor analysis. Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consists of all students (n = 141) studying in the first and emergency aid program of 2019-2020. For the implementation of the research, survey application permission was obtained from Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Rectorate with a letter dated12/11/2019-E.33617. 141 students participated in the study. The raw data obtained by completing the statement “Death is like because…” was analyzed by using qualitative data analysis techniques. Findings: According to the research findings, a total of 68 valid metaphors related to the concept of death of the participants were produced. These metaphors were then collected under 9 different conceptual categories in terms of their common features. Death as the end of sorrow and pain, death as the end of time, Death by re-starting direction, death in its irreversible direction, death in its inevitable last aspect, death with obscurity and uncertainty direction, death in the direction of sadness and pain, death in sudden aspect, death aspect of eternity. It was seen that the category with the most metaphors was "death in terms of uncertainty and uncertainty" and the category with the least metaphor was "death in terms of the end of sorrow and pain". Conclusion: Inclusion of death education in the curriculum of the first and emergency aid program will contribute to awareness of feelings about death.

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