FAMR 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Life Insurance, Miscarriage, Brain Death
9 Dec 2016
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Death & dying (cid:498)the key to the question of death unlocks the door of life. (cid:499) elisabeth kubler-ross (death: the final stage of growth) Background: death was a familiar part of life (answer) Its inevitability is seen as final developmental task. To replace harsh reality of death, it is frequently viewed as an accident. Most people (63%) die in hospitals (17% in long-term care facilities) In western societies, death is kept at distance. Social = preparation of mourning rituals and distribution of wealth and. Psychological = personal feelings about one"s own eventual death and death. What did kubler-ross find out when she interviewed patients? (exam) She found out that patients welcomed the opportunity to talk about death and dying (answer) Dying, like living, is an individual experience (answer) What stage is a patient in if they want a second opinion? (exam) Functional death: absence of heartbeat and breathing.
