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Homework: Social Science

Identify and research a specific culture (Buddhism) on how they respond to death and loss.

Your homework should include responding to the following questions:

1. What are the general attitudes/values associated with death in the culture you have chosen? For example, how is death and dying understood or perceived? (e.g., death avoidance vs death welcoming)

2. What are some practices, beliefs, and traditions that accompany the dying process for the person who is dying? (e.g., last rites, saying goodbye, last wills or letters).

3. Are there any specific mourning practices for loved ones after someone has died? (e.g., funerals, burials/cremation, sitting shiva).

4. Are there any specific practices to continue remembering the deceased? (e.g., Dia de los Muertos, yartzheit)

5. In thinking about cultural humility and cultural competence, what strategies do you foresee using to manage adaptive coping mechanisms to work with families of the deceased from the specific culture that you selected? Is there a specific intervention strategy or approach that you would integrate into your practice? Why? How come?