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A 5 page paper which examines the
condition of death as a stage of human development. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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to ignore until they have little choice. This particular stage of life actually affects more people than perhaps any other stage of development. When the death and dying stage takes
place the individual who is dying is affected, the family members are affected (for good or bad), and the health care providers are often affected as well. It is, in
other words, a stage of life that truly impacts all who participate. Bearing that in mind the following paper examines this particular stage of human development. Death and Dying
From the brief examination in the introduction we can see that this particular stage in human development is not as cut and dried as say the birth aspect of human
development. With that understanding at hand we first look at some of the conditions surrounding this stage. Berk (2003) states that "Our understanding of death progresses gradually in childhood. While
the death concept is grasped by adolescence, it is not yet fully applied to everyday reality." Interestingly enough, our anxiety concerning death gradually declines as we age. "K?bler-Rosss stage theory
provided structure to our understanding of the psychological side of dying. However, many factors contribute to the experience of dying, which varies considerably" (Berk, 2003). As we can see,
there is no single way, or normal way, to handle death and dying. "However, psychologists and sociologists have isolated some of the standard reactions to accepting death. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, noted
for her writings on the five stages of mourning, also says that all people do not progress through the grief processes in the same sequence" (Isbell, 1987). In addition all
people do not go through all of the stages. Interestingly enough, the stages of mourning are not only stages that affect those who lose a loved one but those who
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