Discussion:
Death, Dying, and Grieving
Robert Kastenbaum (2009) emphasize five components and they are people, places or contexts, times, objects and symbols.
Questions:
1) Analyze the five components of the death system and describe each component, as well as discuss the cultural variations associated with them.
2) Also discuss the death system in the context of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. Given the cultural make-up of the communities that were impacted, how do you think the death system concept relates to this devastating event?
3) Further, how do you think our beliefs toward this stage of development have changed as a result of it?