14 Death and Bereavement Flashcards

1
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What is the effect of society’s valueing of youth and health?

A

the dying and bereaved are marginalised

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What did Sudnow say about different deaths?

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Sudnow 1967

biological death is different to social death?

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3
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When might a social death precede biological death?

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retirement
loss of autonomy
saying goodbye
the dying person is avoided or avoids others

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4
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What were Walter’s 3 types of death?

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Walter 1996

Traditional
Modern
Postmodern

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5
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what was the difference between Walter’s modern and postmodern deaths?

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modern - medical intervention, private grief

postmodern -palliative care, celebration of life, more personal

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6
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What are the different dynamics around awareness of dying?

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closed awareness (only staff are aware)
suspicion (patient suspects)
mutual deception (both know but don’t talk about it)
open awareness

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7
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What are the different trajectories of dying?

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gradual slant
downward slant
peaks and valleys
descending plateaus

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8
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What did Kubler-Ross state as the 5 stages of grief?

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denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance

these are no unidirectional

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9
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What problem is created by using ‘staged’ models?

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people may be rushed through the stages to get to ‘acceptance’, for example

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10
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what is bereavement?

A

situtation of those who have experienced significant loss

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What is grief?

A

range of emotions of grief or the period of time in which this happpens

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12
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What is mourning?

A

visible signs of grief

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13
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What did parkes say the bereaved were at a greater risk of?

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depression
social isolation
alcohol misuse
use of prescribed and OTC drugs
self harm
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14
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What were Worden’s 4 tasks for the bereaved?

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accept the loss
work through grief
adjust to a new environment
to find an enduring connection with the deceased

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