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Exam Two
Disposition of the Dead, Coping, Dimensions of Care, Themes of Caring, Etc.
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Undergraduate 3
10/22/2014

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What are some influences of funeral practices?
Definition
Cause of death, germ theory/sanitation, change in culture, economic influences, religious influences, geography (is there physical space to be buried?), transportation of the dead
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How can planning one's funeral be helpful?
Definition

Can give the one who will pass away a sense of peace when they plan or have control over what will happen at funeral.

Can lessen the burden and meet needs and goals of the person.

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For whom might a funeral be challenging?
Definition

Those who are the same age.

Those who are geographically far away.

Those who don't want to remember the deceased as dead.

Those physically impaired (esp. older population)

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What might be an advantage to a drive through funeral?
Definition

Might be helpful in inclement weather

Might be easier for those with disabilities

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What are the elements in funeral practices?
Definition

Removal of body from place of death

Preparing the body for viewing/final disposition

A viewing of the body

Funeral service/Memorial service

Delivery of the body for final disposition

In ground burial, above ground entombment, cremation

Term

What are the following?

Removal of body from place of death, preparing the body for viewing/final disposition, a viewing of the body, funeral service/memorial service, delivery of the body for final disposition, in ground burial/above ground entombment/cremation

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Elements in Funeral Practices
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What are some duties of funeral personnel?
Definition
Transport body to a funeral home, arrange for death certificate, secure a permit to bury/dispose of body, may directly transport body to a crematorium or medical lab, is expected to show respect for the deceased & family and respect/act in accordance to religious beliefs of the decease, prep the body (embalmer)
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The following are examples of what?

Transport body to a funeral home, arrange for death certificate, secure a permit to bury/dispose of body, may directly transport body to a crematorium or medical lab, is expected to show respect for the deceased/family and respect/act in accordance to religious beliefs of deceased, prepare the body 

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Funeral personnel
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Prepping the body involves what major steps?
Definition

Cleanse/Disinfect the body

Embalming

Clothes & Makeup Application

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What are the functions of embalming?
Definition
Preserves human remains via chemicals, gives skin pink/alive color, removal of blood and bodily fluids, injection of artificial preservatives, prevents spread of disease, buys time for viewing/services.
Term

This process preserves human remains via chemicals 

 

Definition
Embalming
Term
The injection of artificial preservatives does what 2 things during the process of embalming?
Definition

Staves decomposition

Provides a more natural coloring for the skin

Term
What is the difference between a casket and a coffin?
Definition

Coffin = 6 sides

Casket = 4 sides

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What were the 4 main methods of disposition discussed in class?
Definition

In ground burial

Entombment

Cremation

Donation of bodies for teaching or research purposes

Term
What is the most common form of disposition of the dead in the US?
Definition

In ground burial

 

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What disposition involves burial in above ground structure?
Definition

Entombment

 

Term
This form of dispositon requires arrangements to be made well ahead of time. It is also much stricter about preservation techniques
Definition
Donation of bodies for teaching or research purposes
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Which form of disposition is growing in popularity? And why is it growing in popularity?
Definition

Cremation

Growing in popularity because of lower cost, concerns about environmental impact of traditional burials, transportation, tolerance among many religions

Term
This is a type of service but without the body. What is it known as?
Definition
Memorial service
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Under what circumstances might a memorial service be held?
Definition
Donate body to science, body is missing, may be held on death date, body is not able to be present
Term
What are the 3 tasks or functions associated with funeral rituals?
Definition

1. Disposition of the Dead

2. Contributes to making real the implications of death

3. To assist in the bereaved's new reintegration and meaningful ongoing living

Term

Identify the task/function associated with funeral rituals:

 

disposing of the body of the deceased in appropriate ways

Definition
Disposition of the Dead
Term

Identify the task/function associated with funeral rituals:

 

Seeking "realization" or achieving "seperation" from the deceased. 

Definition
Contributes to making real the implications of death
Term

Identify the task/function associated with funeral rituals:

 

Individuals may experince disintegration

Definition
To assist in the bereaved's reintegration and meaningful ongoing living
Term

Identify the level of disintegration experienced by the bereaved:

 

loss of wholeness, sense of identity, "where is my partner", "am I still a wife"

Definition
Individual level
Term

Identify the level of disintegration experienced by the bereaved:

 

change in family dynamics, functioning, social identity

Definition
Family level
Term

Identify the level of disintegration experienced by the bereaved:

 

obvious with public figure, who will carry on?

Definition
social level
Term

Identify the level of disintegration experienced by the bereaved:

 

more intellectual and emotional, big questions asked

Definition
spiritual level
Term
How do funerals help with reintegration at the 4 levels?
Definition

1. Individual: help individuals start the process

2. Family: help families bond and come together for support

3. Social: we will carry on

4. Spiritual: helps bereaved get into mindset to better answer big questions

Term
What are some creative ways to dispose of the dead?
Definition
Jewlery; body worlds (museums), memorial reef, cryonics (deep freeze), ashes into space, solar powered burial sites, creative headstones, graveyard guestbook
Term
Constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of a person
Definition
Coping
Term
Coping is an effort to _____ not _____ stressful demands
Definition
Manage; master
Term
What are the functions of coping?
Definition

Coping as a process, not static

Efforts are central, what we think and feel to cope

Attempt to manage stressful demands, not master

Addressing demands percieved as stressful 

Term
Who copes?
Definition
Ill, family members, friends, volunteer, professional caregivers
Term
What are the two variables in coping?
Definition

Death trajectory

Awareness context

Term
What are the 4 awareness contexts of dying?
Definition

Closed awareness

Suspected awareness

Mutual pretense

Open awareness

Term
What are the 5 stages of grief according to Elizabeth Kubler Ross?
Definition
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
Term
What are some pros of the 5 stages?
Definition

Addressed issues for the first time

We cope in different ways

Those coping are still alive

We need to listen and learn

Term
What are some cons of the 5 stages?
Definition

Seen as inadequate, superficial, misleading

No scientific evidence to back it up

Context of person's life is neglected

 

Term
This approach seeks to avoid metaphors that emphasize a passive or merely reactive way of understanding coping
Definition
Task based approach
Term
Work undertaken when coping with dying
Definition
Task
Term
What are pros of the task based approach?
Definition

We can choose to do or not to do a task

Choice implies empowerment

Actors not reactors

Term
What are the 4 areas of task work when coping with dying?
Definition
Physical, psychological, social, spiritual
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