Question

Views of death and dying vary across cultures and religions. Van der Geest's study states that there are striking similarities in how individuals imagine their desirable or "good" death. These similarities include__________.

a. a sudden death, without warning.
b. dying for a higher cause or the benefit of others.
c. dying in the company of friends and without pain.
d. dying after a long time of preparation.

Answer 1

Option-(C,B): Dying for a higher cause or the benefit of others and dying in the company of friends and without pain.

Step-by-step explanation:

Around the globe different cultures have a very unique approach to the term "death".As there are a number of ways the concept is defined by the scholars, research workers and more over by the priests.But, according to the research work of "Van der Geet", the most peaceful and we can say desirable death is when the person is dying for some cause. As the cause can more over related to the person's ideas and perceptions about certain things inside the specific culture but the most important thing to such person is the idea of having a purpose of giving up on his or her's life.

Along, with that if the person dying is accompanied by his or her friends or the people who he or she holds dear to himself then it is visualized as a peaceful death because it is beveled that the soul of the person is seeing the whole scene of the death and if a person is accompanied by some of the friends then it is considered to be more peaceful in nature.

Answer 2

The answer is c. dying in the company of friends and without pain.

Step-by-step explanation:

Van der Geest’s study states that there are striking similarities in how individuals imagine their desirable or “good” death, and these similarities include dying in the company of friends and without pain: in many cultures—African cultures inclusive—a good death is the type death that occurs at an old age, at home, whereby the person dying is free from pain or stress, and is surrounded by friends and family; in addition, the person dying has had adequate time to put aside the relationships they have had with friends and family.