PSYC 3570 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Irish Mythology, Umbilical Cord, Beak

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3570
• Professor: a B C D E

Document Summary

Dying is primped through various linguistic maneuvers, e. g expiration date , buying. The passage from life has become increasingly under the surveillance of the medical bureaucratic complex. Dying is seldom heard because it is too vague and general to describe all the distinctive pathways to death; a steady barrage of substituted terms has the potential to narrow perspective and downsize the mortal move. Medicalization also serves the purpose of insulating physicians and bureaucrats from the mortal realities. Like the patients, professional caregivers have their own share of anxiety. If spoken about as peacefully passing than the listener is not afraid, but is spoken about with in pain suffering than the fear of pain increases. In irish folklore, a death invoked a spirit known as the banshee pierced the air with its wild lament. Announced the painful transition of a soul to the realm of the spirits.