The Rise of the Funeral Service Profession in America, Exams of Biology

Download The Rise of the Funeral Service Profession in America and more Exams Biology in PDF only on Docsity! FSE 112.1901 Module Four. FTCC. With 100% correct answers Describe the General Public Health Movement: - answer The Public Health Movement in American was initiated with the publication of the "Report of the Massachusetts Sanitary Commission" in 1850. This body recommended the establishment of a sanitary police, with state and local health departments, and a careful collection and analysis of vital statistics. The Massachusetts State Board of Health was the first of it kind in the nation. Quarantine: - answer Quarantine was recognized as a way of controlling epidemics of cholera and yellow fever that plagued the country. The Quarantine Act was passed by Congress in 1893 and amended in 1901. It was recommended that quarantine be brought under the jurisdiction of the federal government, so Congress established a National Board of Health with a term of 4 years. Today it is the U. S. Public Health Service. Sanitary Reform: - answer State governments put reliance upon their own health organization in meeting the problems of epidemics and plagues. Religious leaders also called for better health measures in sanitary reform. There was also a concern about disposal of the dead and the menace of overcrowded urban graveyards. Discuss the specific movement for Cremation that provided its beginnings in America: - answer The movement to introduce cremation of the dead in American funeral customs precipitated legislative bodies to seek a program of funeral reform that would restrict funeral expenses. There was protest of extravagance in dress and gift giving at funerals as well as a movement toward cremation due to sanitary concerns with disposal of the dead by grave burial. Describe the first crematory in America and its creator: - answer Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne, a physician, Director?s Association first state convention. Durfee also became the President of the Michigan FDA and called for a National Convention of undertakers for the purpose of organizing a National Association. Durfee believed that through meetings and associations, there could be educational improvement to the profession How did the National Funeral Directors Association begin? - answer The NFDA was founded in 1882 at the first National Convention initiated by Allen Durfee and the Michigan Funeral Directors Association. The Convention was held at City Hall of Rochester. Three significant events occurred at this convention that contributed to the NFDA?s beginnings. First, the organization of the body ? the NFDA would function as the parent organization for state organizations. Second, the organization was named The Funeral Directors? National Association of the United States (later NFDA). The third feature that marked the first convention was the close relationship manifested between the national convention and the suppliers of funeral goods. A major factor motivating the organization of this association was the funeral directors desire to professionalize their occupation. What was the "Code of Ethics"? - answer The Code of Ethics came about as a result of the recognition of a need to develop a sense of inner-cohesion or colleagueship among funeral directors and to establish a sense of responsibility. At the 3rd meeting of the National Association, the Code of Ethics was established and patterned after other professional codes of the time, alternating between statements of a general type indicating the character and occupational morality aimed at and injunctions against specific kinds of action. It emphasized the necessity of obeying the law and of maintaining a high standard of conduct. The First Code of Ethics: - answer The first Code of Ethics emphasized that high moral principles was the guide of a funeral director. Funeral directors should maintain a high standard of conduct at all times. The code appeared among the various trade papers and journals. The most controversial section of the Code of Ethics was about advertising. The National Association adopted the Code of Ethics in 1884. What were some of the early trade magazines or papers that we had as a profession? - answer The Undertaker: the first trade paper; later changed to the Sunnyside The Casket: The Western Undertaker (later became The American Funeral Director) The Shroud: published by Richard McGowan, a casket salesman The Embalmer Our Casket The National Undertaker The Embalmer?s Monthly: appealed to the embalming side of funeral service National Funeral Service Journal How did state licensing laws affect our trade becoming a profession? - answer The funeral trade becoming a profession was challenged by the lack of state laws for licensing. Although some states had scattered bit of legislation regarding embalming and burial of the dead, they lacked formal licensing laws. Some state legislators felt that funeral service legislation was passed only to secure the benefit the funeral director and that it constituted an impediment to the development of much needed licensing laws. d) Jewish Funeral Directors of America - answer The Jewish Funeral Directors of American, a national association, was chartered in October of 1928 under the laws of the State of Illinois. It is headquartered in New York. Its purpose is to serve members of the Jewish faith ? Conservative, Reformed and Orthodox ? by helping those of the Jewish faith to arrange meaningful and affordable funerals in the customs and traditions of the Jewish funeral. Discuss the beginnings of: e) National Foundation of Funeral Service - answer The National Foundation of Funeral Services (NFFS) was organized in 1945 as an incorporation of the Illinois educational trust. The mission was to establish a funeral service educational institute that would improve mortuary management. In 1996, the NFFS merged with the NFDA Educational Foundation and became the Funeral Service Educational Foundations (FSEF). It is a not-for-profit educational trust that is funded by trust proceeds, tax-exempt gifts and grants and participants? program fees. The foundation is a resource for the latest funeral service related publications and other materials for professional development. Discuss the beginnings of: f) Casket Manufacturers Association - answer 22 casket manufacturers and 3 other funeral supply companies founded the Casket Manufacturers Association in 1913. It later became the Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America. This association serves its memberships through the collection and aggregation of statistical and credit information that is useful to funeral supply companies; presentation of educational programs and seminars to the funeral supply industry; liaison activities with other state and national associations, etc. Discuss the beginnings and practices of: a) American Board of Funeral Service Education - answer American Board of Funeral Service Education: a nationally recognized accrediting agency for funeral service education. The American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) serves as the national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in Funeral Service and Mortuary Science Education. ABFSE is the sole accrediting agency recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation in this field. Discuss the beginnings of: ABFSE pt 2: - answer The American Board of Funeral Service was originally the Joint Committee on Mortuary Education of the NFDA. This was a group of educators who examined the work of a funeral director and programs of mortuary education. They published The Future of Funeral Service Education based on a national survey, and they made recommendations for revisions and upgrading of mortuary education and funeral service. In 1959, the Joint Committee was renamed the American Board of Funeral Service. From 1960- 1972, the American Board was active in seeking recognition from the U. S. Office of Education as the official accrediting agency for mortuary science schools. In its Articles of Incorporation, the American Board sought to formulate standards of funeral service education and to give accreditation to proper colleges of Mortuary Sciences.