Illness and Dying intro

From when i was a child i was never taught much about illness and dying; i only knew them as taboo topics that aren't very enjoyable and shouldn't be approached. Eventually through school and by other means i was exposed to much more information on illness and dying. This gave me the perspective on it that i have today. I feel that some of the social norms about death and illness is where you're taken when sick or dead. throughout human history the procedures and locations applied to the sick/dying have changed in various ways but one things that remained constant is the place the dead is taken is roughly the same for everyone within a society, and the same goes for the place people take the sick. in africa at some time period a sick person may have been sent to a witch doctor and that would be where anyone who was sick in the society was taken to. Now you are simply taken to a hospital where current doctors can tend to your needs. One unusual thing i would have to say about my thoughts on illness and dying is that i don't feel either of these things when not applied to me affect me emotionally at all.