Death And Dying Are Stigmatized In Today's Culture

Death and dying are stigmatized in today’s culture. As a society we have disconnected ourselves from death and grieving, to the point where it is becoming a problem. As a result of technological advances we have come to believe that death is not natural, it is something that can be cheated and has become a trivial part of life we do not think about. But the truth is that everyone eventually dies, and by not thinking about it when we are young we are not setting ourselves up for the best possible end to our lives. We do not think about where we want to live, with whom we want to live, who we want to take care of us, how are we going to financially support ourselves at that age, etc. As a result, when the time does come, most people aren’t prepared and the responsibility is put on family members to make medical and end-of-life care decisions. This responsibility gets thrown on people who themselves have not thought about death and did not think they would have to take on such a role, especially in the US where …show more content…
Her response was that she does feel very detached, but not because these people aren’t related to her specifically, but because she goes to different homes at different times and doesn't get the chance to get to know the patients. Also, her job also has her mostly doing things that do not necessarily put her in direct contact with the patient. For example, she does mostly chores around the house the patient cannot do like doing laundry, cleaning the house, and making food. Additionally, because this is her job where she is clocking in her hours she feels like it's a bit mechanical and she is just supposed to be checking off the things on her to-do list when she enters a home. This is a much different situation from my mother, who was related to and was full-time living with my grandmother thus she did not even have the option of being