CHAP 17 Flashcards
Euthanasia is the
act of painlessly ending the lives of individuals suffering from incurable disease or severe disabilities
Passive euthanasia
when treatment is withheld
Active euthanasia
when death is deliberately induced
Assisted suicide
a process that requires the patient to self- administer lethal medication and determine when and where to do this
Widely popularized by Jack Kevorkian
Legal in several counties
Hospices
a program committed to making end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible
Palliative care
the act of reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity
Denial and isolation
Elizabeth Kuber Ross first stage of dying in which a dying person denies that death is going to take place
Anger
a dying person’s denial gives way to anger, resentment, rage, and envy
Bargaining
a dying person develops hope that death can be postponed
Kubler Ross Stages of Dying
Denial and isolation
Anger
Bargaining
depression
Acceptance
Depression
when the dying person comes to accept the certainty of their death, a period of depression or preparatory grief may appear
Acceptance
the dying person develops a sense of peace, an acceptance of their fate, and in many cases, a desire to be left alone
Some Problems of Kubler Ross Stage of Dying
the existence of five-stage sequence has not been demonstrated
The five-stage interpretation fails to consider variation in patient’s situation
Two hundred years ago, alost one of every (blank) children died before the age of (blank) and (blank) parent died before the child grew up
two , 10, one
Brain death
a neurological definition of death when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time
ex:
flat EEG
includes both higher cortical function and lower brain stem function
