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Learning Objectives
Chapter 1
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss the history of death as well as major theories and concepts of death and related behaviors.
- Discuss theoretical perspectives on death anxiety, and identify ways in which we accept and deny death.
- Identify the ways society thinks about death, and how the idea of death is dealt with.
Chapter 2
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Explain how death is observed, proclaimed, and imagined, and explain death as symbolic construction.
- Identify interpretations of the death state, and discuss biomedical approaches to the definition of death.
- Discuss death and an agent of personal, political, and social change.
- Identify conditions that resemble death, and conditions that death resembles.
Chapter 3
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Explain the consequences, both generally and personally, of a world without death.
- Describe the basic characteristics, components, and functions of the death system.
- Discuss causes of death of yesterday, of today, and of tomorrow.
Chapter 4
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Explain how dying is primped and medicalized.
- Define dying and explain when the process of dying begins.
- Describe the individuality and universality of dying.
- Identify the theoretical models of the dying process.
Chapter 5
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define the standards of care for the terminally ill.
- Discuss the role of hospice care, hospice access and how to choose appropriate hospice care.
Chapter 6
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss the decision making process of death, including who should participate in these decisions, what right-to-die decisions we can make, and how the Living Will impacts this process.
- Define the Cryonics Alternative.
- Discuss organ donation and other funeral-related decisions.
Chapter 7
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss suicide patterns and statistics in the United States.
- Identify the cultural meanings of suicide.
- Detail how suicide can be prevented, and identify emerging issues and challenges related to suicide and suicide prevention.
Chapter 8
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Explain the statistics and patterns of murder in the United States.
- Discuss the attacks of 9/11 and its consequences, and define terrorism from a historical perspective.
Chapter 9
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define key terms associated with euthanasia, assisted death, and the right to die.
- Discuss case examples pertaining to the right-to-die dilemma.
- Explain how assisted death in the United States varies from state to state.
Chapter 10
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss how children view death and the role parents play in explaining death to their children.
- Explain how children cope with bereavement and identify short term and long term effects of death on children.
- Discuss how dying children are cared for, the stages of a dying child, and the stress of working with dying children.
Chapter 11
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss how children view death and the role parents play in explaining death to their children.
- Explain how children cope with bereavement and identify short term and long term effects of death on children.
- Discuss how dying children are cared for, the stages of a dying child, and the stress of working with dying children.
Chapter 12
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe the funeral process from a dead body to living memory.
- Identify the place of the dead in society.
- Explain how the funeral process can be improved, including the role of cemeteries in the United States.
Chapter 13
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss key points and concepts of survival from a historical perspective.
- Argue whether or not near-death experiences are evidence of survival, and what we should do if we survive a near-death experience.
- Define symbolic immortality and assisted immortality.
Chapter 14
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Discuss compassionate fatigue, and how we can protect ourselves from burnout.
- Discuss death education from a historical perspective.
Chapter 15
Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Identify the three paths to death.
- Discuss the shift in the meaning of life and death.
- Argue whether or not extinction is the death of life or the death of death.