ASU Chapter 20: Death, Dying, and Grieving Flashcards

1
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Components comprising the death system:

A
  • People
  • Places or contexts
  • Times
  • Objects
  • Symbols
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2
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Cultural variations in the death system:
To live a full life and die with glory

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Ancient Greeks

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3
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TRUE or FALSE:
In most societies, death is viewed as the end of existence as the spiritual body is believed to live on.

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FALSE

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4
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Life expectancy has increased from __ years for a person born in ______ to __ years for someone born today

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  • 47 years
  • 1900
  • 78 years
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5
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  • All electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time
  • A flat EEG reading for a specified period of time
  • Includes both the higher cortical functions and the lower brain-stem functions
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Brain death

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6
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Process of patients thinking about and communicating their preferences about end-of-life care

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Advanced care planning

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7
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A legal document that reflects the patient’s advance care planning

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Living will

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8
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States whether life-sustaining procedures should or should not be used to prolong the life of an individual when death is imminent

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Advance directive

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9
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The act of painlessly ending the lives of individuals who are suffering from an incurable disease or severe disability

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Euthanasia

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10
Q

Treatment is withheld

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Passive euthanasia

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11
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Death deliberately induced

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Active euthanasia

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12
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A program committed to making the end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible

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Hospice

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13
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Reducing pain and suffering, helping individuals die with dignity

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Palliative care

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14
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The leading cause of infant death in the U.S.

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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

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15
Q

Cause of most childhood deaths

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Accidents or illness

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16
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Usual cause of middle-age and older adult deaths

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Chronic diseases

17
Q

Most adolescent and young adult deaths result from:

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  • Suicide
  • Homicide
  • Motor vehicle accidents
18
Q

Around __ years of age, children view death as universal and irreversible

A

9 years

19
Q

FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
Three areas of concern

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  • Privacy and autonomy in regard to their families
  • Inadequate information about physical changes and medication as death approached
  • Motivation to shorten their life
20
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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH (Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying):
Dying person denies that she or he is really going to die

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Denial and isolation

21
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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH (Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying):
Dying person’s denial gives way to anger, resentment, rage, and envy

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Anger

22
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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH (Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying):
Dying person develops the hope that death can somehow be postponed

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Bargaining

23
Q

FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH (Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying):
Withdrawal, crying, and grieving; dying person comes to accept the certainty of death

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Depression

24
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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH (Kübler-Ross’ stages of dying):
Sense of peace comes

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Acceptance

25
Q

Emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love

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Grief

26
Q

Reflects an intermittent, recurrent wish or need to recover the lost person

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Pining or yearning

27
Q

Grief that involves enduring despair and remains unresolved over an extended period of time

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Prolonged grief disorder

28
Q

An individual’s grief involving a deceased person that is a socially ambiguous loss that can’t be openly mourned or supported

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Disenfranchised grief

29
Q

Model of coping with bereavement that emphasizes oscillation between following two dimensions

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Dual-process model

30
Q

Dual-process model:
The two dimensions

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  • Loss-oriented stressors
  • Restoration-oriented stressors