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May 21, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MORT 119 - Bereavement Care
PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 093 - Introduction to College Writing and ENGL 083 - Reading Strategies for College or ENGL 095 - Integrated Reading and Writing , or ENGL 075 - Co-Requisite Integrated Reading & Writing
PROGRAM: Mortuary Science
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: NA
This introductory course provides an overview of death, dying and bereavement for allied health professionals functioning in a variety of settings. Topical areas include: dying, death, and bereavement in the United States. We will examine the social meanings of dying and death, death perceptions from childhood through older adulthood, religion and death attitudes, the dying process, living with dying, dying in the American health care system, euthanasia and biomedical issues, suicide, cross-cultural perspectives on dying and death, the funeral profession, the legal aspects of dying, and the bereavement process. We will also address the aspect of loss and care and support of the funeral provider as he/she deals with loss and grief in the working environment.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Describe and discuss the dying process, the definition of death, and the stages of grief.
- Describe and discuss the cultural aspects of death, dying and bereavement.
- Explain how professional standards, laws, and ethical codes guide behavior for funeral professionals when caring for clients, family members and co-workers experiencing aspects of loss and/ or death.
- Describe the current types of grief practices, funerals, death rituals.
- Describe and discuss the stages of development and how death is perceived within each stage using Piaget’s and Erickson’s developmental theories.
- Define and discuss the concept of terrorism and mass murder in regard to bereavement.
- Define suicide and discuss the cultural and ethical perspectives of suicide
- Exhibit knowledge of the business of dying such as hospice, long term care, palliative care, funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries.
- Describe grieving and loss as experienced by the funeral professional
- Define and discuss euthanasia
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Current interest in death and dying
- Define death
- The American experience of death
- Contemporary attitudes toward death
- Kubler-Ross 5 Stages of Grief
- Diversity in perspective
- Religious and temporal interpretations of death
- Symbolic immortality/memorialization
- The dying process
- Relating to the dying individual
- Dying with dignity at each stage of life
- Hospice care
- Dying in the American healthcare system
- End of life education, cost, and care
- Suicide and other traumatic deaths
- Coping with violent and/ or traumatic death
- Funeral business and how it has evolved
- Legal aspects of dying
- Coping with loss
- The grief process
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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