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32 Cards in this Set
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either a quick, agony-free end during sleep or a clear-minded final few moments in which they can say farewell and review their lives.
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death with dignity
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the phase of dying in which gasps and muscle spasms occur during the first few moments in which the body can no longer sustain life.
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agonal phase
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the phase of dying in which heartbeat, circulation, breathing, and brain functioning stop, but resuscitation is still possible.
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clinical death
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the phase of dying in which the individual passes into permanent death.
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mortality
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irreversible cessation of all activity in the brain and the brain stem. The definition of death accepted i most industrialized nations
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brain death
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a state produced by absence of brainwave activity in the cortex in which the person is unconscious, displays no voluntary movements, and has no hope of recovery.
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persistant vegetative state
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an understanding of death is based on five ideas:
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permanence, inevitablility, cessation, applicability & causation
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teenage deaths are typically sudden and ______ - _______.
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human induced
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fear and apprehension of death
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death anxiety
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the belief that one will continue to live on through one's children or through one's work or personal influence
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symbolic immortality
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In both Eastern & Western cultures, __________ appear more anxious about death than ________.
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women, men
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Denial, anger, bargaining, depression & acceptance are examples of:
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Kubler-Ross's Theory of five typical responses to death
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a death, that makes sense in terms of the individual's patter of living and values and, at the same time, preservesor restores significant relationships and is as free of suffering as possible
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appropriate death
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one- _____ of cancer patients experience severe depression.
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third
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Where as in the past most deaths occurred at home today about ____ % in Canada & _____ % in the US take place in hospitals.
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70%, 80%
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a comprehensive programof support services that focuses on meeting terminally ill patients' physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and that offers follow-up bereavement services to families.
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hospice
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care for terminally ill, suffering patients that relieves pain and other symptoms (such as breathing difficulties, insomnia, and depression), aimed at protecting the patient's quality of life rather than prolonging life
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palliative or comfort care
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an emerging specialty in music therapy that focuses on providing palliative care for the dying through music
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music thanatology
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the practice of ending the life of a person suffering from an incurable condition
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euthanasia
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the practice of witholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, permitting a patient to die naturally.
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passive euthanasia
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a written statement of desired medical treatment should a person become incurably ill
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advance medical directive
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a written statement that specifies the treatments a person does or doesnt want in case of a terminal illness, coma, or other near-death situation
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living will (directive in Canada)
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a written statment that authorizes appointment of another person (usually, although not always, a family member) to make health care decisions on one's behalf in case of incompetence
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durable power of attorney for health care
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US & Canada recognize what two types of advance directives:
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living will (directive in Canada) and a durable power of attorney for health care
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the practice of ending a patient's suffering, at the patient's request, before a natural end to life. A form of mercy killing.
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voluntary active euthanasia
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the experience of losing a loved one by death (root of the word means "to be robbed")
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bereavement
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intense physical and psychological distress following the loss of a loved one.
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grief
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the culturally specified expression of the bereaved person's thoughts and feelings through funerals and other rituals.
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mourning
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a perspective that assumes that effective coping with loss requires people to oscillate between dealing with the emotional consequences of loss and attending to life changes, which-when handled succesfully- have restorative, or healing, effects
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dual-process model of coping with loss
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before a prolonged, expected death, acknowleding that the loss is inevitable and preparing emotionally for it.
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anticipatory grieving
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a sense of loss without the opportunity to mourn publicly and benefit from others' support
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disenfranchised grief
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when a person experiences several deaths at once or in close succession
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bereavement overload
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