Sociology of the death and dying: “A good death” Custom Essay

Essay II What Constitutes a “Good Death”? Due APRIL 29

Americans fear death less than they fear the process of dying. Drawing on the textbook material and the four dvds narrated by Bill Moyers, write an essay on what is necessary for a “good” death. While we

rarely think of death as “good” the point made in the dvds is that efforts are currently being made to make dying less difficult. In your paper you need to cover the factors that contribute to a “good death”. What

is necessary to give patients the best care? How can we insure that decision-making rests with the patient? What part does communication play? What do we often do out of love and concern that actually

makes dying more difficult?

You must use the following outline for your paper and indicate which point you are covering by the appropriate heading. When addressing the following points include material from THE LAST DANCE and

material from the dvds. Unless I see evidence from BOTH sources the paper will be awarded NO CREDIT.

I. Pain Control

II. No Excessive Treatment

III. Retention of decision-making by the patient

IV. Support for the dying patient and his/her family and friends

V.Communication Among all Parties

VI.Acts done out of love that make dying more difficult

Your paper will be evaluated on how thoroughly you integrate the dvds and the textbook material in your response. As you watch the dvds, take careful notes and make sure you spell the names of the people

correctly. YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE THE DVDS TO WRITE THIS ESSAY.

Use the outline provided to you in the order that it appears (Pain Control, No excessive Treatment, Retention of Decision-making by the Patient, Support for the Dying Patient and his/her Family and Friends,

Communication among all Parties and Acts done out of love that make Dying More Difficult).

*Use the headings in your paper so I know which point in the outline you are addressing.

*Use material from the TEXT and the DVDS. I must see evidence from both sources under each point in the outline.

*While I will not specify an exact length of the essay, I will note that papers from past classes ranged from twelve (12) to fifteen (15) pages.

*When you cite the text (and you need to do so) please follow the point in the following manner (DeSpelder and Strickland, 20). The 20 refers to the page number. Since this is your second essay I expect the

citations to be correct.

*When you cite material from the dvds please follow the point you are quoting by noting the person who said it and the title of the particular dvd. Examples–(Bill Bartholome, Living with Dying), (Jim Witcher,

A Death of One’s Own), etc. Spell the names correctly.

The text book is called The Last Dance; Encountering Death and Dying
ISBN: 978-0-07-353201-1
There are also a set of DVDs that are called: sociology of death and dying: a different kind of care.
I am going to try to upload the DVDs. Both must be used in the essay

I was asked to upload videos to www.4shared.com for my writer. The exact link is

http://www.4shared.com/account/home.jsp#dir=Wohkw91e

I was also asked to provide log in details.

Username is: shreaking_rose@yahoo.com
Password is: guitar84.

Please let me know if there are any other things I can do to help.

Thank you.