Death: Grief And Growth Test 1

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Thanatos

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In greek mythology, the personification of death

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Thanatology

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description or study of the phenomena of death and of the psychological mechanisms for coping with them

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Epidemiologic transition

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sudden and stark increase in population growth rates brought about by medical innovation in disease or sickness therapy and treatment, followed by a re-leveling of population growth from subsequent declines in fertility rates.

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Managed Death

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Even when prognosis of death has been accepted by medical staff and families, and further treatments intended to cure have been put aside, strong desire to manage the situation so that it comes out right

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Death Notice

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a brief, standardized statement printed in small type and listed alphabetically in a column of vital statistics "as uniform as a row of tiny grave plots"

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Obituary

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prefaced by headlines and set in the larger type used for feature stories - in newspapers

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Laments

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an expression of stylized or ritualized leave-taking found in may cultural settings

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Dirges

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a musical form associated with funeral processions and burials

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Elegies

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musical settings for poems commemorating a person's death

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Second Trauma

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need to find definition

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Hibakusha

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"explosion affected" - pervasive anxiety about the threat of annihilation

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Herman Feifel

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psychologist whose work broke the taboo on discussions of death and dying and made them legitimate subjects for scholarly and scientific study

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Robert Fulton

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First formal course in death education at an American University - University of Minnesota in 1963

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Geoffrey Gorer

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wrote the pornography of death which compared contemporary attitudes toward death with Victorian attitudes toward sex

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Cultural lag

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societies falling behind in dealing with new challenges resulting from rapid technological and social change

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mature concept of death

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how children gain a mature understanding of death

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personal mortality

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not only all living things die but also each living thing will die - I will die

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noncorporeal continuity

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developing personally meaningful answers to such questions regarding death

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Erik Erikson

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developed a model of human development that focuses on the stages of psychosocial development or psychosocial milestones

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Jean Piaget

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considered the grand theorist of human development - focus on cognitive transformations that occur during childhood

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Psychosocial development

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psychosocial milestones that occur throughout a person's life

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cognitive development

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comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence first developed by Jean Piaget

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tactical socialization

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strategies that hospice caregivers use to informally teach people about death and dying

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religious affiliation

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find definition

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religiosity

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in its broadest sense, is a comprehensive sociological term used to refer to the numerous aspects of religious activity, dedication, and belief

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teachable moment

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opportunities for learning that arise out of ordinary experiences

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Myths

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A traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or event

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Phillipe Aries

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French historian who characterized the period of tamed death

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Tamed death

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the change from we all shall die, to one's own death, to thy death - belief that death shouldn't be hidden from view

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Invisible Death

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dying and death are becoming less visible and less part of our common experience

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Grave Goods

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in archaeology and anthropology, the items that are buried with the body

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Shaman

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a visionary in th ecommunity who, entering into a tance, projects is or her consciouness ot the realm beyond this world and becomes an intermediary between the worlds of living and dead

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Necromancy

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from greek meaning corpse prophecy - offers access to past and future events

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Death Knells

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a bell rung to announce a death

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Liber Vitae

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book of life - a kind of balance sheet by which each person's soul would be weighed

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Purgatory

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an intermediate period of purification between death and resurrection to remove obstacles

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Memento Mori

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the emphasis on individual responsibility for the destiny of one's soul - remember, you must die!

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Charnel House

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arcades and galleries where the bones of the dead were entrusted to the church

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Ancestor Worship

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the custom of venerating deceased ancestors who are considered still a part of the family and whose spirits are believed to have the power to intervene in the affairs of the living

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Mourning restraints

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restraints, typically tied around a person's wrist, indicate the degree of relationship of the bereaved to the deceased

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el dia de los muertos

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a day in mexican tradition where people gather to commemorate enduring ties between the living and the dead

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ch'ing ming

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chinese celebration of the return of deceased ancestors in a spring festival - chinese memorial day

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o-bon festival

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usually observed in august, marks the return of ancestral spirits to their families

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butsudan

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a household alter in japanese tradition

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haka

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family grave, where ashes of family members are interred

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spirit tablet

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rectangular piece of wood upon which was engraved the deceased name, title, and birth and death dates

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Samhain

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in celtic tradition - a breach in time in which contact between the living and the dead was especially possible

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Disaster

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life-threatening event that affects many people, usually within a relatively brief period of time, bringing sudden or great misfortune

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clinical death

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determined by either the cessation of heartbeat and breathing or the criteria for establishing brain death

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cellular death

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a process that results when heartbeat, respiration, and brain activity cease

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brain death

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means of determining whether a person is alive or dead when conventional vital signs are ambigious because of supportive medical technology

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harvard criteria for brain death

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• Unreceptivity and unresponsiveness
• No movement or breathing
• No reflexes
• Flat electroencephalogram (confirmatory)

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"higher brain" theory

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may exist only as a metaphorical concept, not in reality

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"whole brain" theory

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irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain

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uniform determination of death act

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defines death at the level of general physiological standards rather than at the level of more abstract concepts or the level of more precise criteria and tests

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persistent vegetative state

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when brain stem functions remain - when respiration occurs naturally but there is no cognitive awareness

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Samhain

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in celtic tradition - a breach in time in which contact between the living and the dead was especially possible

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uniform determination of death act

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defines death at the level of general physiological standards rather than at the level of more abstract concepts or the level of more precise criteria and tests

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persistent vegetative state

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when brain stem functions remain - when respiration occurs naturally but there is no cognitive awareness

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uniform anatomical gift act

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provides for the donation of the body or specific body parts upon death of the owner

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xenotransplantation

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is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another

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death notification

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is a letter delivered to the family of a soldier or public service member who has died

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forensic pathology

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application of medical knowledge to questions of law

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autopsy

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detailed medical examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or investigate the nature of changes caused by disease