Modern medicine prolongs the process of death, and relatives have no way to take part in it. In addition to this, the division of labor brought about by urbanization has especially distanced the world of the living from that of the dying and led to a very clear division.
現代醫學延擱死亡程序、親人無法參與死亡過程，加上都市化的職業分工，於是把生者與死者的世界逐漸疏離，分隔得清清楚楚。