CH 12 SG

Question 1

Physiological death

Answer 1

the point at which vital organs stop functioning, and can be accompanied by symptoms like pain, difficulty breathing, and restlessness

Question 2

advanced directives

Answer 2

written document spelling out instructions with regard to life-prolonging treatment if the person becomes unable to communicate wishes

Question 3

Curative care

Answer 3

designed to cure disease and illness (Aims to promote complete recovery)

Question 4

Double effect

Answer 4

CERTAIN DRUGS (OPIATES) RELIEVE PAIN AND SLOW BREATHING (HASTEN DEATH)

Question 5

Good death

Answer 5

-UNIVERSAL ACCEPTED CHARACTERISTICS
• AT THE END OF A LONG LIFE
• PEACEFUL
• QUICK
• IN FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS
• WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS AROUND
• WITHOUT PAIN OR DISCOMFORT

Question 6

Euthanasia

Answer 6

the practice of ending the life of a patient to limit the patient’s suffering

Question 7

The five stages of grief (loss) according to Kubler-Ross

Answer 7

• DENIAL
• ANGER
• BARGAINNING
• DEPRESSION
• ACCEPTANCE

Question 8

Passive-euthanasia

Answer 8

withholding life-sustaining treatment

Question 9

Bereavement

Answer 9

the experience of losing a loved one, and it can cause a major emotional crisis

Question 10

Social death

Answer 10

occurs when others begin to withdraw from someone who is terminally ill or has been diagnosed with a terminal illness

Question 11

Psychic death

Answer 11

occurs when the dying person begins to accept death and to withdraw from others and regress into the self

Question 12

Palliative care

Answer 12

CARE DESIGNED TO RELIEVE PAIN AND
SUFFERING
• HOME, HOSPITALS, HOSPICE
• RANGE OF THINGS FROM BREATHING
EXERCISES TO USING POWERFUL DRUGS

Question 13

Hospice care

Answer 13

PROGRAM (OR PLACE) WHERE
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS RECEIVE
PALLIATIVE CARE TO REDUCE SUFFERING
• TEAM
• MAY BE AT HOME

Question 14

Living will

Answer 14

what interventions want or don’t want

Question 15

Grief

Answer 15

Remember each dying person has strong, unique, varied emotions and reactions

Question 16

Mourning

Answer 16

the outward expression of grief, the personal experience of sorrow or emotional pain after a loss

Question 17

Dual-Process Model of Grieving

Answer 17

coping w/ naturally moving back and forth between two grief-types: “loss-oriented” the pain and reality of the loss, and “restoration-oriented” adapt to life w/o the deceased by rebuilding their life

Question 18

Physician-assisted suicide

Answer 18

a physician providing a patient who requests aid-in-dying a prescription that the patient can self-administer to end their life

Question 19

Examples of advanced directives

Answer 19

1. Living wills—what interventions want or don’t want
2. Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
3. Durable power of attorney

Question 20

active-euthanasia

Answer 20

directly causing death

Question 21

voluntary-euthanasia

Answer 21

patient consents

Question 22

non-voluntary-euthanasia

Answer 22

patient unable to consent

Question 23

involuntary-euthanasia

Answer 23

against patient’s wishes