Chapter 12 dying

Question 1

What is Death Anxiety?

Answer 1

The apprehensive, uneasy and nervous feeling brought on by the awareness of death (we live in a death denying society)

Question 2

How has the experience of death and dying changed over time?

Answer 2

Before people would die a natural at home death, but now (after ww2) theres more medicine and technology to keep someone alive, death has become medicinalized and not a natural part of life

Question 3

What ratio of people die in a hospital

Answer 3

1/2

Question 4

What are the 3 different types of death

Answer 4

Biological - body shuts down, sleeps more, digestions and breathing slows, brain doesn’t function

Psychological - less interest in world, accepts death, if you decide to let go you will die

Social - becomes invisible to others, treated as if their dead

(all can happen at different times)

Question 5

Elisabeth Ross interviewed 200 people that were dying and found there are different stages to death. What are the 5 steps of dying

Answer 5

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

Question 6

How can you face a good death/ improve death

Answer 6

1. Recognize the 5 stages (when you recognize the stages in someone who’s dying or even for yourself, it will be better)
2. Cope better (recognizing the stages helps cope)
3. Prevent Social death - dying people need to share their feelings

Question 7

How do young adults feel when death approaches them?

Answer 7

That they’ve been cheated by death

Question 8

How do middle-aged adults approach dying?

Answer 8

they sense a change in time as they are considered half way and it scares them

Question 9

How do older adults usually approach death?

Answer 9

They are more accepting of death?

Question 10

What is Palliative Care?

Answer 10

palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and families who are facing problems with life-threatening illnesses

Question 11

Around __% of palliative and end-of-life care in Canada is still provided within a hospital environment

Answer 11

70%

Question 12

What are “Compassionate Care Benefits”

Answer 12

If your taking care of a family member and have to take time off work, you can get 55% in your wages

Question 13

What is the difference between “Active Euthanasia” and “Passive Euthanasia”

Answer 13

Active - when death is brought by an act, like taking a high dose of drugs

Passive - when death is brought by not doing an act, like letting a person die by withholding treatment

Question 14

What is Involuntary Euthanasia

Answer 14

Murder

Question 15

What is non-voluntary Euthanasia

Answer 15

When someone else decides and gives consent (eg.parent) for medically assisted death (someone who knows what you want)

Question 16

What are some criteria you need to be eligible for in order to follow through a medically assisted death?

Answer 16

• Be eligible for federal/provincial healthcare services (can’t not be from the province)
• !8 or older and mentally competent
• Have a medical condition, but leading to death is no longer required
• Your decision is not a result of outside influence and has to be witnessed by 2 people (not named in your will)
• give informed consent

Question 17

What is the name for a period of mourning following the loss of a loved one or close friend through death

Answer 17

Bereavement (experienced more by older people)

Question 18

How does bereavement effect someone biologically?

Answer 18

Stress on body, risk in cardiovascular disease, trouble sleeping, low energy, increased death for widows

Question 19

How does bereavement effect someone psychologically?

Answer 19

range of negative emotions, impaired attention and memory

Question 20

How does bereavement effect someone Socially?

Answer 20

Financial burden (if person was the bread maker), altered position in family, change in support network