Exam 2 Notes Flashcards
The specialized function of organization and direction of a memorial to a personality according to custom and tradition of the community and in compliance with state law
Contemporary Funeral Service
What is the purpose of funeral service?
To serve the living by caring for their dead in some dignified fashion
The primary purpose of funeral service is
service to the living
This will always be secondary to service in the funeral industry
Merchandising
The ritual of funeral service is based on what?
Dignity and tradition associated with some form of organized religion
Funeral service provides an opportunity for the bereaved to
Accept the reality of death
The funeral service meets certain basic needs of whom?
The community, especially the bereaved
The contemporary funeral service provides the bereaved with this
A period of gradual transition
In the period of gradual transition, what do the bereaved do?
Gradually bridge the gap from death back to life, to normalcy
In the future, for the funeral to survive and have meaning to survive and have meaning, what must it become?
A personalized experience
To become a personalized experience, the funeral director must find a way to honor the life and person of the deceased which will allow the family to do what?
To grieve and give significance to a life that has been lost
The funeral director in the future will be called upon to take on what?
A more active role
The contemporary funeral service provides an opportunity for the bereaved to
Express emotion
Reasonable expression of grief is
Healthy
The therapeutic value of the funeral home experience is that it is a facility where one can
Let out there emotions
The grief work process is resolving grief over three stages:
Normalcy - Death - Normalcy
The contemporary funeral service provides an opportunity for the bereaved to receive what?
The comfort and solace of religious or humanistic belief
For most of society, the funeral is still basically a _______
Religious experience
The funeral is becoming less of a religious experience, with the exception being
African American experience
The public views the funeral director and clergy as
Equal Partners in funeral service
If there is a dispute between the clergy and the funeral director, who must resolve it?
The PRD
The successful funeral director will always avoid disputes with the clergy by
Anticipating potential problem areas and taking action in advance
Every religion promises this
Some kind of afterlife
This is significant because it offers comfort to the bereaved
The fact that the soul goes on
For any funeral director to tell a bereaved family that embalmed or placing the body in a gasketed casket or air tight, water tight vault will cause the remains to last indefinitely constitutes
Fraud
Does a funeral have to be religious?
NO
The deceased or the family may not have this
A church affiliation
We must be prepared to provide this for those families not affiliated with any church
Meaningful services and ceremonies
A direct disposition without a funeral service denies the community their right to
Affirm the worth and dignity of the deceased
A direct disposition without a funeral service denies the community an opportunity to share this necessary experience
The reality of death
A direct disposition without a funeral service denies the bereaved the opportunity to do this with the support of the community
Transgress through grief work back to normalcy
A direct disposition without a funeral service psychologically denies that
Death has even taken place
Direct disposition without a funeral service is the cheapest, safest, but not the most beneficial alternative when all of these factors are considered
Psychological and Sociological
Who deserves a funeral?
Everyone
A funeral allows for the normal expression of emotion through this
Crying
A funeral provides a freedom and a medium to
Verbalize feelings
A funeral provides support for this, provided by family and friends
Griefwork
A funeral helps to emphasize the reality of death and the realization that
Death has occurred
The funeral ceremony provides spiritual support, but does not necessarily mean this
Church/religious support
This is always the result of a smooth running and well coordinated funeral
Comfort to the family
Viewing of the deceased helps to establish
the reality of death
What are the psychological characteristics of grief?
Shock Anger Change of attitude Remorse Self Pity Irrational thinking Fear of the future Envy of others who are not suffering Anxiety Guilt feelings
What are today’s perceptions of the funeral?
Plastic, barbaric
Expensive
Sophisticated people feel that they are above the need for
A public expression of grief
The funeral is a vital tool in this process
Grief
Funeral directors must move from professional arranger to
a friend
A good funeral director by his/her presence lets people know
it’s going to be ok
A funeral director must be comfortable with
tears
Never adopt this attitude when designing a funeral
keep the family under control
The family should be be involved in more than this
merchandise
Participation is a way of showing
Love
Participation helps face
Reality
When word fail, what takes over?
Ceremony
Something which stands for something else
Symbol
Flowers are symbols of what?
That a person was loved
Significance must be established so that the loved ones can
move on
The family’s grieving should never be trivialized with paltitudes such as
His suffering is over
She is in a better place
God will not put on us more than we can bear
Funeral establishes
personal and social significance
