Cremation

The Birth of Siddhartha Siddhartha Gautama was born into a family in the Kshatriya caste in the kingdom called Shakya, found on the hills of the Himalayas (present-day Nepal). Siddhartha’s father was king Suddhodana and his mother was Queen Maya. Siddhartha’s birth was a miracle; his mother conceived when he descended from Heaven and entered his mother’s womb in the form of a baby white elephant (a symbol of purity). She carried him for ten months and could see the baby within her womb. She…

which reflected their social class and therefore power and how much control they had in the ancient Roman society. Then if the dead person had any military rewards or crowns then they would get carried out to show their achievements that they had made during their lifetime. Eventually the corpse was then carried out on the couch; the body was usually carried out on the eighth day after death. If the body was cremated then the ashes would be placed into an urn (a small clay jar) and the urn…

So as to guarantee conscious and safe transportation of HUM, Etihad Cargo asks for that all HUM are hermetically fixed in an internal lead or zinc box, set in a wooden coffin, to keep any harm. The coffin must be secured by a proper canvas, not to make the substance promptly obvious. Urns must be secured by padded external pack and joined by a testament from the crematorium. • Marks and marks utilized on bundles containing pine boxes must be the same as those utilized for general cargo •…

I support the intent of The Health Practitioners (Replacement of Statutory References to Medical Practitioners) Bill because of the wide range of benefits it will bring to the public health care quality, efficiency and accessibility. . As Matheson.D had highlighted at the association of salaried medical practitioners (ASMS) 21st annual conference in 2009 that New Zealand health system has to “maximise the benefits of early intervention, proper integration of services, health promotion, and…

An array of unique cultures and ethnic practices can be discovered on every corner of the globe but despite the rich cultural and historical significance associated with them, they may seem unsavory to others. This paper will examine the cultural utilization of rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and post-mortem endocannibalism in the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea in contrast with customs observed in the United States. As a result of the stark contrariety between…

Culturally Competent Nursing Regarding Death Rituals Having the awareness of a patient’s cultural and religious preferences can be imperative to becoming a culturally competent nurse. Moreover, it becomes important to understand what a person may or may not want done in terms of specific death rituals. Two different religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, and their accompanying death rituals will be identified and explored with the goal of illuminating nursing implications that may be applicable in…

Everyone wants to know the answers to the test, to find the missing piece to the puzzle, to solve the unsolved riddle; that is what an autopsy can provide: Answers. The answers can be in the form of a saving a life by finding family history of disease, research to find a cure, or clues to the last minutes of a person’s life. This paper will focus on the forensic pathologist and autopsy, the education requirements, types of autopsies, the procedure, job statistics and skills required.…

Materialism is a term that refer to all substances that physically exist and occupy space in the universe. An ordinary matter where the term materialism is derived from is an object that is composed of atoms and having a mass. Materialism in philosophical terms is completely different than materialism used in cultural terms. Cultural materialism is a doctrine that material success and progress are the highest values in life. At its simpler level, materialism involves the focus on the idea of the…

The word nation came to English from the old French word nacion, which in turn originates from the latin word natio literally meaning “that which has been born”. (Harper, Douglas) A nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, decent or history, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and govt. Where Nationalism is a belief system, creed or political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a…

“If you don 't have liberty and self-determination, you got nothing. That 's what this country 's built on and this is the ultimate self-determination to determine when and how you 're gonna die when you 're suffering”- Jack Kevorkian (“People”). Jack Kevorkian, or infamously known as Dr. Death, was a practicing physician and convicted murderer whom brought a spotlight to the nationwide conversation on the right to die movement (“Prescription”). But, what is the right to die movement? The right…