Death and Bereavement Flashcards
1
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What is a medicalised death?
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- Death moves from home to hospital
- Decreasing importance of religious rituals
- ‘Power grab’ –> doctors make decisions
2
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Consequence of medicalised death
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Society values youth + health –> marginalises the dying + bereaved
3
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Sudnow’s (1967) biological vs social death
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- B = end of the biological organism
- S = end of the person’s social identity
4
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Walter’s (1996) 3 types of death
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- Traditional (home, priest, burial, etc.)
- Modern (hospital, doctor, crematorium, etc.)
- Postmodern (hospice, range of practitioners, palliative care, options for body, etc.)
5
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Glaser & Strauss’ awareness of dying and time for dying (grounded theory)
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- AoD = interaction between dying, clinical staff + relatives with focus on expectation of death
- TfD = timeframes + trajectories related to dying
6
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Types of awareness in awareness of dying
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- Closed = only staff know
- Suspicion = patient suspects but not told
- Mutual deception = both know but don’t want to talk about it; ‘pretend’ the other doesn’t know
- Open = both know and discuss openly
7
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Different trajectories of dying in time for dying
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- Gradual slant = long, slow decline
- Downward slant = rapid decline
- Peaks + valleys = remission + relapse
- Descending plateaus = periods of decline + stabilisation
8
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Kubler-Ross’ (1970) stages of grief
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- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
9
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Aspects of experiencing loss
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- Bereavement = situation of those having experienced loss
- Grief = range of emotions felt by bereaved
- Mourning = visible signs of grief/time period in which it happens
10
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What are the bereaved at greater risk of?
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- Depression
- Social isolation
- Alcohol misuse
- Use of prescribed + OTC drugs
- Self-harm
11
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Worden’s 4 tasks for the bereaved (1983)
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- Accept the loss
- Work through grief
- Adjust to new environment
- Find enduring connection with the decreased + move on with living
