SOC 244 - Sociology of Death and Dying MnTC Goals

Institution:

Ridgewater College

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Description:

The course will focus on death and dying in American society. It will examine attitudes, process, the hospital and the dying patient, the hospice movement, helping professions and the terminally ill, social work, suicide, funerals, grief and bereavement, cross-cultural perspectives and reactions.

Credits:

7.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ridgewater.edu/Pages/default.aspx

Phone Number:

(800) 722-1151

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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