GERO 22 - Dying and Death

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Chaffey College

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(Available also as Social Science 22) Class hours: 48-54 lecture. Advisory: Completion of any introductory course in psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, or philosophy. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. Perspectives on death: cross-cultural and historical. Death in American society. Health care systems (the hospital and the dying patient, hospice, etc.). Death and the process of dying. Bioethics: dying in technology age. Euthanasia, suicide, funerals, grief, and bereavement. The law and death. Living wills, organ donation, autopsies. Life after death: old and new meanings. An interdisciplinary course with emphasis in the disciplines of sociology, psychology, and philosophy. 1309.00

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.chaffey.edu

Phone Number:

(909) 652-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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