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Grief is
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the term we use for one’s total response to loss; it means both the emotions experienced and the affect (outward behavior) of one who has suffered loss
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Electroencephalogram
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is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain. In clinical contexts, EEG refers to the recording of the brain's spontaneous electrical activity over a short period of time, usually 20–40 minutes, as recorded from multiple electrodes placed on the scalp.
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Allogenic graft
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The transplant of an organ or tissue from one individual to another of the same species with a different genotype. A transplant from one person to another, but not an identical twin, is an allogenic graft. Allogenic grafts account for many human transplants, including those from cadaveric, living related, and living unrelated donors
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Autogenic graft
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A graft using the patient's own skin.
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Isogenic graft
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a graft between genetically identical individuals, typically between identical twins or between animals of a single highly inbred strain.
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Xenogenic graft
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receiving a transplant from an animal source
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Anticipatory grief
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when people facing an imminent loss begin to grapple with the very real possibility of the loss or death in the near future
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Disenfranchised grief
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grief over a loss that is not or cannot be mourned publicly or supported socially
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Dysfunctional grief
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Dysfunctional grieving represents a failure to follow the predictable course of normal grieving to resolution. When the process deviates from the norm, the individual becomes overwhelmed and resorts to maladaptive coping.
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Complicated grieving
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a response outside the norm, occurring when a person is void of emotion, grieves for prolonged periods, or has expressions of grief that seem disproportionate to the event. People may suppress emotional responses to the loss or become obsessively preoccupied with the deceased person or lost object. Others actually may suffer from clinical depression when they cannot make progress in the grief process
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Kubler-Ross’ Stages of Grief
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1. Denial is shock and disbelief regarding the loss.
2. Anger may be expressed toward God, relatives, friends, or health care providers. 3. Bargaining occurs when the person asks God or fate for more time to delay the inevitable loss. 4. Depression results when awareness of the loss becomes acute. 5. Acceptance occurs when the person shows evidence of coming to terms with death. |
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Bereavement is
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one’s subjective, emotional response to loss.
How one adapts to a loss. An internal process; a progression or series of phases. Essential for holistic health. Allows one to cope gradually; to accept the loss as part of their reality. |
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Mourning is
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the outward expression of grief
Examples of mourning behavior: sitting shiv'ah having a funeral having a wake wailing; falling out visiting a grave wearing black |
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Loss is
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an actual or potential situation in which valued object, person, or the like is inaccessible or changed so that it is no longer perceived as valuable
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Engle’s Phases of Grief
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1. Shock and Disbelief
2. Developing Awareness 3. Restitution 4. Resolving the loss 5. Idealization 6. Outcome |
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Clinical Signs of Impending Death
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- inability to swallow
- CV collapse (pitting edema) - Decreased GI & GU activity - b/b incontinence - Decreased LOC, motion, sensation, reflexes - cold, clammy skin, increased temperature - mottling - “Cheyne-Stokes” - hearing thought to be last sense to go |
