This article analyzes mortuary care from the moment it is first learned and examines the emotions that may occur in a teaching situation in the workplace. Although the atmosphere at a mortuary may legitimately be described as emotional, that is not what we decided to study. Instead, we looked at what arises from it at various moments and phases, those emotions likely to create a learning situation based on the theoretical supports chosen. The goal is ethnographic research into occurrent emotions in order to confirm that learning has taken place. Methodology is examined in relation to the difficulty of recording these emotions when they occur. Our proposed methodology combines observation, audiovisual recording and self-confrontation interviews. We also discerned the influence of the research subjects’ emotions on how the research was conducted. We suggest ideas for reflection and action.