Human Growth and Development / Unit 17 HGD 2414 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Social Death
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The idea
Social death is being treated as no longer part of society: excluded from invitations, not consulted, talked about in one's presence, often with good intentions.
In practice
Relatives discussing a dying man's funeral at his bedside as if he could not hear.
Where people slip
Social death also affects people with stigmatized chronic conditions and isolated caregivers, and the dying may withdraw themselves.
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