SOC 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Neoliberalism, Medicalization

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2101
• Professor: Louise Chartrand

Document Summary

At the beginning of the xx century death was something that involved the whole community. Phillippe aries- 4 factors that changed societies relationship with death. Death denial- society: development of technology, the importance of autonomy, the importance of finding meaningfulness. I do believe that aries and so many other authors were right when describing societies relationship with death as being denied one. I do believe that there has been more transitioning since this argument was set forward. I believe that death denial does not describe society"s relationship with death anymore. I would like to argue that society"s relationship with death has been transformed to a decision making process one- death by decision. Three factors that changed society"s relationship with death. Getting familiar with the terminology (marcoux and al. In netherlands euthanasia is defined as: at his/her explicit request. Treatment withdrawal: when a treatment has already been started and a decision is made to stop or remove treatment methods.