How Death Affects A Person

Death is inevitable but it brings different experiences to different people. No one can generalize death and how it affects a person or his family. Research however can be conducted and one can present the most common of the physical aspects that are associated with death. Similarly the most common emotional aspects and beliefs about death can be made part of the discussion.

Physical aspects of death

The chapter discusses that death happens because of accidents, age or disease and these things vary from country to country by all means. The physical aspects of death however differ. I think that death has more to do with accidents and disease than to age. There are very few people who die only because they have aged a lot. Most people die even at old age because of some disease. To me hence death is not about age or time, it is about disease and accidents. The book presents the sociocultural contexts of death which states that most people within the developing countries today die as people have always been irresponsible hence death in the developing countries even occur because of accidents and diseases. Most commonly death occurs at home, again I do not think that death has anything to do with being at home or being at hospital i.e. If

There can be no hard core explanation as to how people react. The death of a close one causes more emotional instability than the death heard over the news. The book discusses that the early responses to grief often entails shock, numbness and disbelief. I think that this happens only when death comes as a surprise. A patient who is undergoing illness and its untreatable is expected to die eventually. At another point the book states that Grief gradually subsides and the bereaved person is able to resume the previous daily activities and the social relationships. I agree with this point that even though the person is able to move on with life, the feelings of loss and yearning however never go