Chapter 19 key terms Flashcards
Clinical death
a period during which vital signs are absent but resuscitation is still possible
grieving
the emotional response to a death
palliative care
a form of care that seeks to prevent, relieve, or soothe the dying person’s symptoms rather than cure their diseases or disorders
hospice care
a holistic approach to care for the terminally ill that emphasizes individual and family control of the process of dying
terminal decline
an individual’s decline in mental functioning accelerates a few years immediately preceding death
unique invulnerability
the belief that bad things, including death happen only to others
thanatology
the scientific study of death and dying
prolonged grief
persistent yearning for and/or preoccupation with a deceased love one, accompanied by symptoms of intense emotional pain
social death
the point a which family members and medical personnel treat the deceased person as a corpse
brain death
irreversible absence of brain function
