Question 1

Table 5.2 in Chapter 5 shows important contrasts in age-adjusted death rates between the four cultural groups discussed in this chapter. Identify and discuss one important lesson to be learned from these contrasts?

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Question 2

Identify and discuss one lesson that is important to our course that we should learn from the account of a "happy funeral" near the beginning of Chapter 5.

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Question 3

Discuss the limits on what can be said about cultural differences in the field of death, dying, and bereavement?

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Question 4

Identify and briefly explain any two (2)differences between encounters with death in any two (2)of the four groups discussed in Chapter 5.

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Question 5

Identify and explain two (2)important ways in which death-related practices among African Americans are likely to be different from those of Asian and Pacific Island Americans. Explain in depth your reasons for seeing these as differences. Then suggest how these differences in practices might reflect attitudes toward death in these two communities. (This question could be varied by altering the communities that it compares.)

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Question 6

Explain the importance of the family in death-related matters among Hispanic Americans and African Americans. Be specific. Give examples.

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Question 7

List two important ways in which Hispanic Americans' encounters with dying and death are likely to be different from those of African Americans. Explain in depth your reasons for seeing these as differences. Then suggest how these differences in encounters might affect attitudes toward death in these two communities. (This question could be varied by altering the communities that it compares: for example, Asian Americans vs. Native Americans.)

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Question 8

What does it mean to speak of "death-related practices"? Identify and briefly explain two (2)different death-related practices mentioned in Chapter 5 in which one notes cultural differences.

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Question 9

Discuss two reasons why it is important to examine cultural and ethnic patterns in death-related encounters, attitudes, and practices. Then, discuss two lessons we can learn about ourselves and about others by noting such differences.

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Question 10

Contrast what you have learned about cultural differences regarding care of the dying and communications with the dying in any two (2)of the four groups discussed in Chapter 5.

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Quiz 5: Cultural Patterns and Death