Overview Topic 10: Death and Dying
Learning Outcomes
- Define death
- Describe what characterizes physical and social death
- Compare the leading causes of death in the world with those in the United States
- Review the current statistics on suicide and fatal drug overdoses
- Define deaths of despair
- Explain where people die
- Describe how attitudes about death and death anxiety change as people age
- Explain the philosophy and practice of palliative care
- Describe the roles of hospice and family caregivers
- Explain the different types of advanced directives
- Describe cultural differences in end of life decisions
- Explain the different types of euthanasia and their controversies
- Describe funeral rituals in different religions
- Describe the new practice of green burials
- Differentiate among grief, bereavement, and mourning
- List and describe the stages of loss based on Kübler-Ross’s model and describe the criticisms of the model
- Explain the dual-process model of grief
- Identify the impact of losing a child and parent
- Identify the four tasks of mourning
- Explain the importance of support groups for those in grief