Sociology of death in the context of "Collective behavior"

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⭐ Core Definition: Sociology of death

The sociology of death (sometimes known as sociology of death, dying and bereavement or death sociology) explores and examines the relationships between society and death.

These relationships can include religious, cultural, philosophical, family, to behavioural insights among many others. It widens our understanding of death as more than clinical death, but a process combining social elements from the immediate needs of deathcare to wider social beliefes. Involving multiple disciplines, the sociology of deathcare can be seen as an interdisciplinary field of study across sociology and its sub-fields.

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Sociology of death in the context of Sociology of health

The sociology of health and illness, sociology of health and wellness, or health sociology examines the interaction between society and health. As a field of study it is interested in all aspects of life, including contemporary as well as historical influences, that impact and alter health and wellbeing.

It establishes that, from birth to death, social processes interweave and influence health and wellbeing. These influences may include location of upbringing, how illness is understood and framed by immediate community members, or the impact that technology has on health. As such, it outlines that both health and the medical science that engages it are social constructs; that the way of knowing illness, wellbeing, and interactions with them are socially interpreted.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Sociology of health
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Death → Sociology of religion → Sociology of culture → Sociology of philosophy → Sociology of the family → Collective behavior → Clinical death → Deathcare → Death and culture → Interdisciplinarity → Sociology →