Exam 5: Cultural Patterns and Death

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

American Indians and Native Alaskans .

Among Hispanic Americans, death-related attitudes appear to .

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.

Efforts to study death rates among Hispanic Americans face special difficulties because:

Focus On 5.1: The eighth edition of Death & Dying, Life & Living describes three books with Hispanic themes. In one of those books, A Mural for Mamita/Un Mural Para Mamita, there is a memorial service for a grandmother who had recently died after a long illness. In this book, we are told that:

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.)

Research indicates that Asian and Pacific Island American attitudes toward death involve:

Among American Indians and Native Alaskans, death-related attitudes may include:

Death-related practices among Asian and Pacific Island Americans .