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11. Cultural Patterns and Death Flashcards

1
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Death is a human experience that crosses all what?

A

National, racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries

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What are the 2 societal responses to death?

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  • Theological view of life
  • Design or purpose of death
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What are the 3 categories of culture related to death?

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  • Death acceptance
  • Death Defiance
  • Death denial
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Which death category of culture is this:

  • Accepts death
  • Celebrates death
  • Views death as natural part of life
  • Relationship didn’t end, it only transformed
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Death Acceptance

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Which death category of culture is this:

  • In death nothing needs to be lost
  • Take it with you
  • View of an afterlife
  • “I’m coming back”
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Death Defiance

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Which death category of culture is this:

  • Death is unnatural
  • Common use of euphemisms
  • Detachment of funeral process
  • Relegating family members to nursing homes or hospital to die
  • Avoid conversations about deceased
  • Belief: Avoid talk of death and it won’t happen
  • death denial culture
A

Death Denial

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What are the attitudes towards death in the hispanic / latinx community?

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  • Importance of family - we mentality
    -Role of religion
  • Cultural activities
    -Relationship between life and death
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What are the death-related practices in
hispanic / Latinx communities?

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  • Care of the dying within home
  • Presence at death
  • Mourning practice
  • After death rituals
  • Ongoing connections
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What is a novenario?

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9 days of praying in latinx / hispanic communities

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What are the attitudes toward death in the African American community?

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  • Importance of family
  • A celebration of life (music and vivid)
  • Importance of storytelling
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What’s included in African American funerals?

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Singing
Dancing
Declarations (accomplishments of the deceased and what they meant to you)

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What are the death related practices in the African American community?

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  • Church “sisters” come to prepare meals
  • Funeral music with gospel roots
  • Mourning practices
  • Everyone is family and go through mourning as a community
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What are the attitudes toward death in the Asian and Pacific Island American communities?

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  • Communication issues (very private)
  • Patriarchal and hierarchal
  • Life Passing rituals
  • Ancestor Worship
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What are the death related practices in the Asian and Pacific Island American communities?

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  • Mourning practices
  • Blending western and non-western elements in funeral
  • Graveside visits
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What color represents death / grief in the Asian Communities?

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White

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What are the attitudes toward death in the Native American communities?

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  • Role of nature and cycles of life
  • Relationship between life and death
  • Survivor action
  • Post death journey
  • It’s an honor to care for elders
17
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What are the death related practices in the Native American communities?

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  • Caring for the dying
  • Collective mourning practices
  • Post death rituals
18
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What are the attitudes toward death in the Jewish religion and culture?

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  • Kavod Hamet
  • Nichum Avelim
  • Shamar
  • Chevrah Kadisha
  • Tahara
19
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How many relatives does the duty of mourning fall upon in the jewish community?

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7

20
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Who are the 7 relatives the duty of mourning falls upon in the jewish community?

A

Mother
Father
Son
Daughter
Brother
Sister
Spouse

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What is the Kavod Hamet?

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The requirement to honor the dead

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What is the Nichum avelim?

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The obligation to comfort the mourners
During Shiva do things such as bringing them food and doing their laundry

23
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What is Shamar?

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The concept of the official mourner
Stays outside the prep room praying the whole time

24
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Who are the Chevrah Kadisha?

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Those who prep the body

25
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What is Tahara?

A

The process of prepping the body

26
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What are the death related practices in the Jewish communities?

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  • Mourner’s Kaddish
  • Keriah
  • Shiva
  • Sholoshim
  • Yahrzeit
27
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How long is Shiva?

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7 days

28
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How long is Sholoshim?

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30 days

29
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How long is Yarzeit?

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A year

30
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What is the Mourner’s Kaddish?

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The last prayer for Yahrzeit

31
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What are ways to help the bereaved?

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  • Step outside one’s own cultural beliefs
  • Respect the customs and rituals
  • Acknowledge your own limitations
  • Be open to learning about cultural traditions and beliefs
  • Identify areas of vulnerability and strength
  • Accept variation in the experience of grief
  • Learn from diversity of coping with loss
  • Recognize that loss is a universal experience

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