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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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the significance of studying cultural patterns

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  • To appreciate diversity in American society
  • To develop more sensitivity and understanding of encounters, attitudes, & practices surrounding death and grief
  • To empower ourselves to provide more effective care for others
  • To learn more about ourselves by comparing and contrasting our experiences with those described in this chapter
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largest minority group in the United States ?
what percent of the population?
since 1990 numbers have _____

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hispanic Americans
17.4%
doubled

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hispanic American population include?

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recent immigrants
people who have lived in US for generations
all Puerto Ricans (US citizens since 1917)

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hispanic Americans are ___% of all deaths in the US.
Is this low or high death rate?
infant and mortality death rates?
leading causes of death?

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6.5%
low
low
low in 12 of 15 leading causes of death

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5
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hispanic Americans attitudes towards death?

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importance of family

the role of religion

relationship between life and death

fatalism and anticipatory grief

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death related practices of hispanic Americans?

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  • Care of the dying
  • Presence at death
  • Mourning practices
  • After-death rituals
  • Ongoing connections & presence of the deceased
  • Religion & practices
  • Day of the Dead
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Second largest minority group in the United States?

What percentage of the population?

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African American

13.2%

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African Americans are linked by?

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organs on the African continent
history of slavery and slave trading
experiences of discrimination

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African Americans are ___% of all deaths in the US.
Is this low or high death rate?
infant and mortality death rates?
leading causes of death?

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12.2%
higher than the overall us population
infant and maternal mortality rates v high
high rates for the 15 leading causes of death

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african americans attitudes toward death?

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importance of family
- strong emphasis on family support in providing end of life care within the home

suspicion of the medical community

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death related practices of african americans

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  • Advance directives & termination of life support
  • Hospice services & organ donation
  • Coping with violent & non-violent deaths
  • Mourning practices
  • Funeral directors
  • The importance of storytelling
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third largest minority group in the United States

what percentage are they?

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Asian and pacific island Americans

5.7%

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largest of the asian american communities include?

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  • Chinese Americans
  • Filipino Americans
  • Asian Americans from India
  • Vietnamese Americans
  • Korean Americans
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Asian Americans are ___% of all deaths in the US.
Is this low or high death rate?
infant and mortality death rates?
leading causes of death?

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2.3%
lower rates than overall population
infant and maternal mortality rates consistently low
cancer and heart disease

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Asian Americans attitude towards death

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  • communication issues
  • decision making
  • physician-assisted suicide
  • attitudes toward funerals
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Asian American death related practices

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  • Mourning practices
  • Blending Western & non-Western elements in funeral rituals
  • 5 components in one description of a Chinese-American funeral
  • Gravesite visits
17
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Total population of American Indians in the United States is ____ people.
This is _____ % of the population.

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4 million people

1.2%

18
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Hundreds of American Indian ______ in the US and Canada.

Each group has its own set of patterns of ____.

A

tribal groups

death related encounters, attitudes, and practices

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American Indians and Native Alaskans are ____% of deaths in the US.
death rate of ___ per 1,000.
Infant mortality rate?
leading causes of death?

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  1. 07%
  2. 9

relatively high mortality rate of infants and risk of SIDS

communicable diseases, cirrhosis, accidents, homicide, and lately more cancer and heart disease

20
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American Indians and Native Alaskans Attitudes towards death

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  • Role of nature & cycles of life
  • Relationship between life & death
  • Communication patterns
  • Survivor actions & the post-death journey
21
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American Indians and Native Alaskans death related practices

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  • caring for the dying
  • mourning practices
  • post death rituals

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