Question

What do you believe is the culture of dying in the United States? What do you believe has led to this culture? How have changed in elder care affect the culture of dying in the United States in the last few decades? How do different religious or spiritual sectors in our society engage in the grieving process? Do you think that where an older adult dies affects how that death is viewed orvthe grieving process? Explain?

Answer 1

Answer: In the United States the culture of dying is one of denial attitude. Many Americans do not like to talk about the death, even in the matter of wills, the treatment of death is like optional for them.

This culture is led due to the American's elderly population has more than double in size as compared to the last century and most of the Americans are expected to live well into their seventies. The average life expectancy in the United States is now 78 years. Race greatly affects the wills of people want to fight with disease to stay alive in great pain. Many people consider that infants should get well treatment incase of life threatening birth defects. Whereas religion and race greatly affects people's response to the idea of a bearing pain.