DEATH AND DYING Flashcards
1
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end of life prognosis
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- pt should be treated with dignity
- Quality of life must be considered for the patient and family.
2
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palliative care
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- focuses on comfort measures for people who are dying
- curative and restorative treatment are terminated when they no longer produce positive results
- reduce the severity of or relieve symptoms without curing the disease
- patient centered and family centered care
- not limited to patients with conditions that lead to death- chronic conditions
- not setting specific
3
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hospice care
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- focused on caring, not curing
- quality compassionate care for patient with life limiting illness
- expert medical care
- pain management
- emotional and spiritual support
- life expectancy of 6 months or less
- forgo curative treatment
4
Q
palliative care vs hospice care
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- palliative care can be chronic conditions -> condition where person wont get better but not about to die
- hospice care- life expectancy of 6 months or less
- both are not expected to get better
5
Q
ethical issues of death and dying
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-6 steps of ethical decision making must be applied when determining the course of treatment and care for the patient and family
6
Q
clinically assisted suicide
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- known as physician assisted suicide
- physician provides the medical means (a prescription)
- patient needs to do the final act (take the lethal medication)
7
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medical euthanasia
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- physician directly commits the act by medical means
- ending a patients life with medical means administered by a physician
- the patient is a passive bystander
