Exam 2: Death and Dying in a Rapidly Changing World

Discuss the relationships between societal modernization, family structure, and the medicalization of death. Specifically, how have institutional changes altered cultural norms regarding the death and dying experience?

Discuss the role of culture in the historical perspectives of death in Western society. Specifically discuss what aspects of the culture around death and dying have changed over time.

Using specific examples, explain how technology has changed the way our postmodern society perceives and deals with healthcare and death.

A central concept to understanding anomie is __________.

Today we live in a __________ world.

What 1910 report facilitated the widespread adoption of modern science and research in medicine?

What is one emphasis of the hospice movement?

Durkheim described the sense of confusion and normlessness caused by rapid social change as __________.

Central to the biomedical model of medicine is __________.