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Brain Dead |
A neurological definition of death. A person is this when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified of time. A flat EEG recording is one criterion of brain death
Can't breathe on their own |
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Euthenasia |
The act of painlessly ending the lives of persons who are suffering from incurable diseases or severe disabilities sometimes called "mercy killing" |
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Passive euthanasia |
Withholding available treatments, such as a life-sustaining devices, and allowing the person to die |
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Active euthanasia |
Death induced deliberately, as by injecting a lethal dose of a drug |
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Hospice |
A program committed to making the end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible.
The goals of this care contrast with those of a hospital, which are to cure disease and prolong life |
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Palliative care |
Emphasized in hospice care.
Involves reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity |
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Grief |
The emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love |
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Complicated grief or prolonged grief disorder |
Grief that involves enduring despair and is still unresolved over an extended period of time |
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Advance care planning |
Refers to the process of patients thinking about and communicating their preferences regarding end-of-life care |
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Advance directive |
States such preferences as whether life-sustaining procedures should or should not be used to prolong the life of an individual when death is imminent A living will |
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Denial and isolation |
First stage of dying, in which the dying person denies they are really going to die |
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Anger |
Second stage of dying, in which the dying person's denial often gives way to anger, resentment, rage, and envy |
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Bargaining |
Third stage of dying, in which the dying person develops the hope that death can somehow be postponed |
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Depression |
Fourth stage of dying, in which dying person comes to accept the certainty of their death A period of depression or preparatory grief may appear |
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Acceptance |
Fifth stage of dying, in which the dying person develops a sense of peace, and acceptance of their fate, and in many cases, a desire to be left alone |
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Disenfranchised grief |
An individual's grief over the deceased person that is a socially ambiguous loss that can't be openly mourned or supported |
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Only 30% of americans have advance directives |
Only ___ of americans have advance directives |
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Advance directive specifications |
Use of equipment like ventilators and dyalisis machines.
CPR
tube feeding, IV
Treatments for pain like palliative care
Donate organs or other body issues Dnr (do not resuscitate) |
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Good death |
Physical comfort Support from loved ones Appropriate medical care Own preferences for dying process Pain free status Emotional well being |
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Older adults account for 2/3 of deaths in U.S |
Older adults account for ___ of deaths in U.S |
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61% |
How many dying patients were in pain during their last year of life |
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Communicating with dying person |
Person should know that theyre dying.
Can close their lives in accord with own ideas about proper dying.
Complete plans and projects, arrangements and decisions
Opportunity to reminisce
Better understanding of whats happening |
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Profound Grief |
Lose life partner youve been with for 50 years and its extreme loneliness |
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1/3 |
How many people experienced confusion and depression before death |
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Choices in dying |
Helps people with planning their advance directives |
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Family members want an escalation of treatment |
Terri Schiavo incident. What has been observed in how people view vegetative states |
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Death avoiders and deniers |
What are American attitudes towards death? |
