RELIGST 2M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parachuting, Embalming, Asphyxia

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2M03
• Professor: Sherry Smith

Document Summary

Emotional responses to death and dying: fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, despair, and hopelessness, anguish and guilt. Thanatology the study of death, dying, and bereavement . Kastenbaum the study of life with death left in it . Philosophical and ethical the meaning of death in human life; question of values and ethics. Psychological mental and emotional effects of death on the individual. Sociological how groups organize themselves to deal with social needs and problems related to death and dying. Anthropological role of culture and environment across time and space regarding how individuals and societies relate to death and dying. Clinical management of death and dying in medical settings; diagnosis and prognosis; relationships among patients, doctors, nurses, and other caregivers. Political government actions and policies related to dying and death. Educational death education in the curriculum; increasing public awareness of death-related issues and concerns such as preparing a will.