Ch' 12 Death, dying

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Ch. 12 Death, dying bereavement
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Death-Denying Society

• Americans deal with death the way the Victorians
  dealt with sex (p. 462)
• The goal of the medical system to overcome
  death.
• Is this changing?
• Hospice Cicely Saunders

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Thanatology

• Robert Kastenbaum
• e.g., Death, society and human experience, 7th
  edition was published in 2001

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On Death and Dying (Kubler-Ross, 1969)

• Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance
• Stage theory or an insightful discussion of
  attitudes? (Warner Schaie Willis, 2002)

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Alternative Views

• Schneidman (1982)
• Death as imposing burdens
• Prepare oneself for ones own death
• Prepare for the interpersonal aspects of death
• Corr (1992)
• 1. physical 2. psychological
• 3. social 4. spiritual

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• Age differences
• Cultural differences

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Dying

• What words or images come to mind?
• Tuesdays with Morrie

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Bereavement

• Anticipatory grief
• The grief process
• Initial response
• Intermediate response
• Recovery phase

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Final Exam

• Chapters as outlined below and corresponding
  lectures9. Physical Development
• 10. Health and Longevity
• 11. Coping, Adaptation and Mental Health
• 12. Death, Dying and Bereavement
• Guest speaker presentations
• Format Identical to midterms