HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Advance Healthcare Directive, Informed Consent, Palliative Care
4 Jan 2017
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Past: death was a normal event that occurred suddenly and was likely to happen in all stages of life, in the past, people died at home. Today: most deaths occur in hospitals or institutions, death is a later-life event, death is due to advanced chronic illness. In 2008, 78% of deaths in canada were seniors. Death rituals and funeral practices vary according to culture and religion. What it means to die a good death varies by culture. The quality of one"s death depends on the health-care system available in a nation state. How death is interpreted and experienced depends on family and culture. The meanings associated to different types/locations of death are variable (e. g. social death, disenfranchised grief) Cultural groups and faith communities have different attitudes and responses when it comes to dealing with the dying person and the death process whether you can accept death. Buddhists chop up remains and feed to animals.
