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SOCIOLOGY OF DEATH AND DYING
CHOOSE 5 OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
ANSWERS MUST BE TYPED AND DOUBLE SPACED. AT LEAST 3 TO 4 PARAGRAPHS A QUESTION. NO BULLETIN POINTS OR LISTS.
1. Denial and Denial-Like Responses to Death
Identify and describe at least four other types of response that resemble denial in some way, but which actually represent very different types of strategy in coping with threat.
2. Brain Death
A. What are the Harvard Criteria? Be specific
B. Why did they come into existence when they did?
3. Functions of the Death System
A. Identify all the functions of the death system
B. Which of these functions do you consider to be changing most rapidly in the
United States? Support your answer.
4. When Does Dying Begin?
A. One answer to this question is "Dying begins with life." Another answer is "Dying begins when we start to age." Never mind those answers! Identify at least three of the four other answers presented in the book.
5. Standards of Care for Dying People. II: Hospice Approach
A. Summarize the patient-oriented, family-oriented, and staff-oriented standards that have been established for hospice care.
6. The Cryonics Alternative
A. Describe the cryonics alternative to end-of-life decisions. Describe clearly and in adequate detail what is involved in the cryonic approach. Include recent
developments in the process of preservation.
7. Suicide Rates
A. What is meant by "suicide rate" and how is this rate computed? Carefully
distinguish "rate" from "number"
B. How do suicide rates in the U.S. compare with that of other nations? Be specific.
