13.4

Question 1

Final scenario def. (Hint: Explain what this is an act of)

In what 2 ways does one’s Final Scenario help?

Answer 1

Act of expressing choices about how one does and doesn’t want to die

It helps family & friends interpret one’s death, brings closure to relationships

Question 2

What are 3 rights patients have according to the Patient Self-Determination Act

Answer 2

1-Make their own healthcare decision
2-Accept or refuse medical treatment
3-Make an advance healthcare directive

Question 3

Complicated or prolonged grief disorder (Hint: Explain the expression of this)

Answer 3

Expression of grief distinguished from normal grief in terms of separation distress and traumatic distress

Question 4

Persistent vegetative state (Hint: Explain this situation)

Answer 4

Situation in which a person’s cortical functioning ceases while brainstem activity continues

Question 5

How do feelings about death change in Middle-age:?

Answer 5

Individuals experience the death of their parents and begin to confront their own mortality. They undergo a change in their sense of time lived and time until death