CH19

Question 1

Study of death and dying.

Answer 1

thanatology

Question 2

Personal, patient- and family-centered
care for a person with a terminal illness.

Answer 2

hospice care

Question 3

Care aimed at relieving pain and
suffering and allowing the terminally ill
to die in peace, comfort, and dignity

Answer 3

palliative care

Question 4

A frequently observed decline in
cognitive abilities near the end of life.
Also called terminal decline.

Answer 4

terminal drop

Question 5

Emotional response experienced in the
early phases of bereavement.

Answer 5

grief

Question 6

Loss, due to death, of someone to
whom one feels close and the process
of adjustment to the loss.

Answer 6

bereavement

Question 7

Working out of psychological issues
connected with grief.

Answer 7

grief work

Question 8

Withholding or discontinuation of lifeprolonging treatment of a terminally ill
person in order to end suffering or
allow death with dignity.

Answer 8

passive euthanasia

Question 9

Deliberate action taken to shorten the
life of a terminally ill person in order to
end suffering or to allow death with
dignity; also called mercy killing

Answer 9

active euthanasia

Question 10

Document specifying the type of care
wanted by the maker in the event of an
incapacitating or terminal illness.

Answer 10

advance directive

Question 11

Legal instrument that appoints an
individual to make decisions in the
event of another person’s
incapacitation.

Answer 11

durable power of attorney

Question 12

Suicide in which a physician or
someone else helps a person take his
or her own life.

Answer 12

assisted suicide

Question 13

Reminiscence about one’s life in order
to see its significance.

Answer 13

life review