Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, the student should be able to:

Identify the leading causes of death in the United States.

Define the four types of death.

Provide the legal definition of death.

Discuss grief work and present what has been learned about the way we respond to the death of others.

Explain the three types of pathological grieving: delayed reaction, distorted reaction, and pathological mourning.

Discuss the roles of grief and the funeral in dealing with another's death, including cultural differences.

Discuss dealing successfully with one's own death.

Discuss suicide and the influence of gender.

Examine alternative ways of dying "successfully," the death with dignity law, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and the hospice.

Define spirituality and discuss religious participation among adults.

Compare and contrast theories of spirituality by Frankl, Jung, and Wilson.

Show how spirituality develops in stages according to Fowler's theory.

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