Chapter 24 (L) Flashcards
Rando phases of mourning
- avoidance
- confrontation
- accommodation
individuals respond to grief with denial, shock, and disbelief regarding the loss
avoidance
feelings are intense and charged with great emotion
confrontation
emotional healing begins, the intensity of grief gradually subsides, and they learn to deal with the loss
accommodation
movement is aimed at providing care rather than achieving a cure
palliative care
a real or potential absence of someone or something that is valued
loss
the normal personal response to a loss
grief
outward part of coping with grief
mourning
kubler ross stages of grieving
- denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
martocchio stages of grief
- shock and disbelief
- yearning and protest
- anguish, disorganization, despair
- identification in bereavement
- reorganization and restoration
stages of awareness
- closed awareness
- mutual pretense
- open awareness
when family and the patient recognize that the patient is ill
closed awareness
the patient, the loved ones, and the care providers know of the terminal prognosis, but no one talks about it
mutual awareness
the act of ending another persons life to end suffering with or without his consent
euthanasia
occurs when a patient chooses to die by refusing treatment that might prolong life
passive euthanasia
administering a drug or treatment to end the patients life
active euthanasia
making available to patients the means to end their life
assisted suicide
when the cerebral cortex stops functioning or is irreversibly destroyed
cerebral death
grief begins before a death actually occurs or when the reality that death is inevitable is known
anticipatory grief
when a persons relationship to the person or lost object is not socially recognized
disenfranchised grief
grief that assists the person in accepting the reality of death
uncomplicated grief
grief that is prolonged, unresolved, or disruptive to the person who experiences
complicated grief
