the death system: components of the system (5)
- people
- places or contexts
- times
- objects
- symbols
Cultural contexts/death system: most societies have...
- philosophical/religious beliefs, rituals/rites
The death system serves certain functions in a culture: these functions include...
- issuing warnings and predictions
- preventing death
- caring for the dying
- disposing of the dead
- social consolidation after death
- making sense of the death
- killing (when how and what reasons people can be killed)
Death in Gond culture VS. tanala culture:
- in the gond culture of india, death is believed to be caused by magi and demons, and the members of the culture react angrily to death
- in tanala culture of madagascar death is believed to be caused by natural forces, and the members show a much more p
The U.S. are death avoiders and death deniers.. this denial can take many forms: (6)
- the tendency of the funeral industry to gloss over death and fashion lifelike qualities of death
- the adoption of euphemistic language for death--passing on, never says die
- the persistent search for a fountain of youth
- the rejection and isolation o
passive euthanasia
- occurs when a person is allowed to die by withholding available treatment, such as withdrawing a life-sustaining device
active euthanasia
- occurs when death is deliberately induced, as when a lethal dose of a drug is injected
Traditionally, hospitals goals have been to cure illness and prolong life; in contrast to this hospice care emphasizes palliative care:
- which involves reducing paint and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity
Causes of death: infancy
- sudden infant death syndrome: an instance in which infants stop breathing and die without apparent cause
Cause of death: childhood
- accidents or illness
Cause of death: adolescence
- motor vehicle accidents
- suicide
- homicide
Younger adults are most likely to die from _________
- accidents
Cause of death: older adults
- form chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer
Attitudes toward death: childhood-infancy
- infants do not even have a rudimentary concept of death. BUT, they do develop an attachment for their caregiver and show anxiety when their caregiver is missing
Attitudes toward death: 3-5 years old
- have little or no idea what death means
- think that the dead can be brought back to life spontaneously by magic or by giving them food or medical treatment
- deny that death exists
Attitude towards death: 6-9 years
- believed that death exists but only happens to some people
Attitude towards death: 9 years and older
- recognizes deaths finality and universality
attitudes toward death: adolescence
- develop more abstract concepts than children
- develop religious and philosophical views about the nature of death and whether there is life after death
attitude toward death: adulthood
- an increase in consciousness about death accompanies individuals awareness that they are aging
- begin to think more about how much time they have left
Older adults, think about _________ more and talk about it more in conversation with others than do middle-aged and young adults
- death
Kubler ross stages of dying: (5)
- denial and isolation
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance