HMS 563 - Soc:Death,Dying,Bereavement

Campus: Springfield

Description:

This course will explore the social, psychological, cultural, and personal experiences of death, grief and loss. Examples of topics covered will include: cultural attitudes towards death, caregiver-patient relationships, hospice and palliative care, coping with life threatening illness, active and passive euthanasia, bereavement, grief and mourning. This class is not meant to serve as a grief recovery support group: however, the content does prompt personal reflections as we all continue to process the losses experienced in our lives. Course Information: Same as SOA 563.

Special Instructions:

*Same as SOA 563.

Option 1

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 4

Term(s): Fall