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ASU Chapter 20: Death, Dying and Grieving Flashcards

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THE DEATH SYSTEM AND ITS CULTURAL VARIATIONS:
To live a full life and die with glory is the goal according to which ancient civilization?

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Ancient Greeks

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CHANGING HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
Life expectancy has increased from 47 years for someone born in 1900, to __ years for someone born today.

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78

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THE DEATH SYSTEM AND ITS CULTURAL VARIATIONS:
What are the 5 Components comprising the death system?

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  • People
  • Places or Contexts
  • Times
  • Objects
  • Symbols
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ISSUES IN DETERMINING DEATH:
When all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time, the person is deemed to have undergone…?

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Brain Death

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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
The 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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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
A legal document that reflects the patient’s advance care planning.

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Living Will

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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
A directive that 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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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
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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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
A type of euthanasia where treatment is withheld.

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Passive Euthanasia

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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
A type of euthanasia where death is deliberately induced.

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Active Euthanasia

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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
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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DECISIONS REGARDING LIFE, DEATH, AND HEALTH CARE:
A typ of care that reduces pain and suffering, helping individuals die with dignity.

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Palliative Care

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CAUSES OF DEATH:
What is te leading cause of infant death (in the US)?

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

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CAUSES OF DEATH:
What does SIDS stand for?

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH:
What is the best strategy in discussing death with children?

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Honesty

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ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH:
Around what age do children believe the dead can be brought back to life, and at what age do they begin to view death as irreversible?

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3-5 years old | 9 years old

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ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH:
Adolescents develop more _______ conceptions about death than children.

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Abstract

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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
A stage of dying wherein the dying person denies that they’re really going to die.

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Denial & Isolation

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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
A stage of dying wherein the dying person’s denial begins to give way to resentment, rage and envy.

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Anger

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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
A stage of dying wherein the dying person develops the hope that death can somehow be postponed.

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Bargaining

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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
A stage of dying wherein the dying person comes to accept the certainty of death after a period of withdrawal, crying, and grieving.

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Depression

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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
A stage of dying wherein the dying person finally comes to a sense of peace with their death.

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Acceptance

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FACING ONE’S OWN DEATH:
The proponent of the Stages of Dying.

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Kübler-Ross

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An adaptive strategy for remaining alert and cheerful.

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Perceived Control

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An emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness and loneliness that accompanies the loss of a loved one.

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Grief

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GRIEVING:
A disorder characterized by grief that involves enduring despair and remains unresolved over an extended period of time.

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Prolonged Grief Disorder

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GRIEVING:
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

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GRIEVING:
A model of coping with bereavement that emphasizes oscillation between Loss-oriented Stressors and Restoration-oriented Stressors.

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Dual-process Model

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LOSING A LIFE PARTNER:
A demographic considered to probably be the poorest group (in America).

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Widowed Women

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