Resumen:
In this work we present a study of Practical Theology s discipline, with the
analysis of the pastoral counseling ahead of crises caused by illness that leads to
the death. The first part treats the death, as the last stage of the life, searching to
understand the cases of grave diseases; the death; the behavior of the human being
together with its familiar ones; its attitudes; thoughts; the silence and the hope. And
the human being s behavior during a grave illness until the death. The second part
relates to the crisis generated by the terminal illness; the definition and the types of
crises; how to deal with the crises. We speak, also, on the survival of the families
after losses, especially, being a crisis that culminated in death, using it as growth
factor. We analyze the pastoral relation, its objectives and methods of support in
case of crises by the terminal illness. The third and last part brings a small record of
the history of the pastoral counseling; some historical contributions; as counseling
became and as it arrived until us. Some forms of boarding with dying and its
families, and how this can be used with diseased in the threshold of the death. We
verify that in almost all the situations with sick terminals and death, the human being
needs some counseling.
