HAHP 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Homicide

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Health and Human Performance
• Course: HAHP 2000
• Professor: Matthew Numer

Document Summary

Evidence of the denial of death: the funeral industry glosses over death & fashions lifelike qualities in the dead, euphemistic language for death is used (passed away, there is a persistent search for a fountain of youth, rejection & isolation of the aged (who may remind us of death) is common, belief in the concept of a pleasant & rewarding afterlife suggests that we are immortal, medical practices emphasize prolonging biological life rather than diminishing human suffering. Causes of death & expectations about death: death can occur at any point in the human life span, childhood deaths occur mostly due to accidents or illness, adolescent deaths are more likely to occur because of motor vehicle accidents, suicide & homicide, younger adults are more likely to die from accidents, older adults are more likely to die from chronic diseases, younger adults who are dying feel cheated by death more than older adults do who are dying.