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chronic illness |
health problem of long duration in which the disease condition shows little change or slowly gets progressively worse |
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cognitive |
the intellectual processes that include thought, awareness, and the ability to rationally comprehend the world and determine the meaning |
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development |
the mental, emotional, and social growth of individuals as they progress through life stages |
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Erikson's stages of psychosocial development |
a theory based on on the psychosocial challenges that are presented to individuals as they progress through life stages |
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growth |
refers to the physical changes that normally take place as the body matures |
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life review |
telling the events of one's life as a form of self-evaluation and closure as the end of life approaches |
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physical |
the growth of the body, including motor sensory adaptation |
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psychosocial |
the emotions, attitudes, and other aspects of the mind, in addition to the individuals interactions and relationships with other members of society |
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stages of dying |
stages that dying person may experience as they face the fact of their own death. the five stages are denial, anger,bargaining, depression, and acceptance |
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terminal illness |
an illness from which that patient is expected to die because their is no known cure |
