Ch. 13 Dying y Bereavement Flashcards
thanatology
the study of death, dying, grief, bereavement y social attitudes toward these issues
clinical death
lack of heartbeat y respiration
whole-brain death
death that is declared only when the deceased meets 8 criteria
persistent vegetative state
situation in which a person’s cortical fcning ceases while brainstem activity continues
bioethics
the study of the interface btwn human values y technological advances in health y life sciences
euthanasia
the practice of ending life for reasons of mercy
active euthanasia
the deliberate ending of someone’s life that may be based on a clear statement of the person’s wishes or be a decision made by someone else who has the legal authority to do so
passive euthanasia
allowing a person to die by withholding available treatment
(ie) taking vegetative person off of ventilator
physician-assisted suicide
process in which physician provides dying patients w/ a fatal dose of medication that the patient self-administers
death anxiety
people’s anxiety or even fear of death/dying
terror management theory
theory that addresses the issue of why ppl engage in certain behaviors to achieve particular psychological states based on their deeply rooted concerns about mortality
end-of-life issues
management of the final phase of life, after death disposition of their body, memorial services y distribution of assets
final scenario
making choices known about how individual does y does not want their lives to end
hospice
an approach to assist dying ppl emphasizing pain management, or palliative care, and death w/ dignity
palliative care
care focused on providing relief from pain y otro symptoms of disease @ any point during the disease process
living will
a person simply states his/her wishes about life support y otro treatments
health care power of attorney
an individual appoints someone to act as his/her agent for health care decisions
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order
a medical order that means cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not started should one’s heart y breathing stop
bereavement
the state or condition caused by loss through death
grief
the sorrow, hurt, anger, guilt, confusion y otro feelings that arise after suffering a loss
mourning
the way people express their grief
anticipatory grief
grief experienced during the period before an expected death occurs that supposedly serves to buffer the impact of the loss when it does come y to facilitate recovery
grief work
the psychological side of coming to terms w/ bereavement
anniversary term
changes in behavior related to feelings of sadness on this date
four-component model
an understanding that grief is based on four things:
(1) the context of the loss [expected?]
(2) continuation of subjective meaning associated w/ loss
(3) changing representations of the lost relationship over time
(4) the role of coping y emotion regulation process
grief work as rumination hypothesis
an approach that not only rejects the necessity of grief processing for recovery from loss but vies extensive grief processing as a form of rumination that may actually increase distress
dual process model (DPM)
view of coping w/ bereavement that integrates loss-orientated stressors y restoration-orientation stressors
complicated or prolonged grief disorder
expression of grief that is distinguished from depression y from normal grief in terms of separation distress y traumatic distress
separation distress
preoccupation w/ the deceased to the point it interferes w/ everyday fcn, upsetting memories of the deceased, longing y searching for the deceased, and isolation following the loss
traumatic distress
expression of complicated or prolonged grief disorder that includes feeling disbelief about the death, mistrust, anger y detachment from others as a result of the death, feeling shocked by the death, y the experience of physical presence of the deceased
