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32 Cards in this Set
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Main causes of death in Infancy?
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Birth defects, SIDs, and prematurity.
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Main causes of death in Childhood?
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Accidents (car, fire, drowning) or childhood illnesses.
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Main causes of death in Adolescence?
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Car accidents (mainly alcohol related), suicide and homicide.
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Main causes of death in adults?
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Young adults-accidents, older adults- cronic disease.
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Understanding death-childhood (ages 3-5)
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Believe you can come back to life, may blame themselves, may believe only bad people die, lots of shame and guilt.
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Infants who lose a parent?
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Often suffer from health problems.
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Age 9?
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At age 9 kids finally learn that death is irreversible.
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How to tell kids at preschool age?
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Honestly, in biological terms they will understand. Grandpas heart broke.
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How to tell kids at elementary school age?
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Honestly, biological at level and philosophical. Grandpas heart broke but now he's in heaven etc.
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Adolences in coping with death?
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Typically don't think it applies to them. Have a more complex view of life after death.
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Adulthood in dealing with death?
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Are aware of their own mortality, their parents have probably been sick, their own cronic illnesses have been popping up, may wonder if time is left, still need to make things right, want more time.
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Elderly adults in dealing with death?
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They have had time to cope with the fact that they death is coming, more used to the idea.
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Terminally ill young adults feel about death?
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They feel cheated, resentful, want more time, angry.
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Terminally ill elderly adults feel about death?
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Sad, concerned about family, but have had time to accomplish more, not angry or resentful, lived a long life.
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Factors that contribute to suicide?
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Finances, health, psychological problems, loneliness, isolation, loss of a loved one.
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Suicide among children?
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VERY rare.
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Suicide among adolescence?
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More than kids, but less than elderly adults.
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Suicide among elderly adults?
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Spikes to an all time high.
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Females in suicide?
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More likely to attempt, b/c they are also more likely to use a method that can be interviened (pills,slitting wrists etc)
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Males in suicide?
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More likely than females to actually go through with it. More likely to use quick forceful method (gun, knife)
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What percentage of people actually commit suicide?
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3 percent. Although many more think about it.
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Who is most likely to commit suicide?
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Old, white, males.
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More risk factors of suicide?
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Depression, history of family mental illness, history of family suicide, self blame, widow/widower likely to follow mate.
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Kubler Ross stage 1 of death?
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Denial/Isolation- "this can't happen to me"
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Kubler Ross stage 2 of death?
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Anger- "Why me"--not ready to go yet---most difficult patients.
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Kubler Ross stage 3 of death?
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Bargaining- "What if I devote my life to service, etc"
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Kubler Ross stage 4 of death?
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"Not going to get to do the things I wanted to do with my life"
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Kubler Ross stage 5 of death?
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Sense of peace, come to terms with reality.
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Facing Death of a loved one?
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Looking up at doors to see if they come back (Children), Loneliness, hopelessness, despair, Disbelief-theyre not really gone etc.
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Losing a life partner?
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Financial difficulty, having trouble adapting to living alone, physical illness b/c of stress wearing on the body.
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Why widows are more common?
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Women marry older, and live longer, and men remarry.
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Proactive factors coming out of death?
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Women are more likely to get out and feel better, social support helps, religion, positive psych (many ppl are happy and well adjusted)
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