Death Flashcards
hospice approach
< 6 months to live
stresses care for family and patient
patient kept at home or home-like
focuses on paliative care/improving quality of life but not prolonging it
follow-up bereavement services for family
(t/f) saying something is better than saying nothing when consoling someone
true
2 terms to keep in mind when consoling someone
presence and space
don’ts of consoling after death
say “I understand”
share a similar experience
say it will get better
usurp their pain/encourage numbing
try to fix it!
kids first experience with death is usually
with a pet
realistic understanding of death rests on:
permanence/irreversibility
inevitability/universality
cessation/non-functionality
applicability/causation
in study with disney films and death, what was the overall emotional portrayal
negative
kubler-ross’s stages of death
denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
phases of grieving
avoidance
confrontation
accommodation