Death and Dying (16)

Question 1

Total brain death?

Answer 1

Irreversible loss of function in the entire brain.

Question 2

Programmed Theories

Answer 2

Propose that ageing follows a predictable genetic timetable.
- Hayflick limit
- Telomeres
- Epigenetic ageing clock (DNA methylation)

Question 3

Damage Theories

Answer 3

Call attention to more haphazard processes that cause damage or errors in cells to accumulate and organ systems to malfunction.
- Free radicals: toxic and chemically unstable by-products od metabolism or everyday chemical reactions in cells

Question 4

Kubler Ross’s stages of dying

Answer 4

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Question 5

Problems with Ross’s stages

Answer 5

• not stagelike
• not take into account the kind of disease
• overlooks the influence of personality
• little attention to how dying people approach living

Question 6

Grief?

Answer 6

Emotional response to loss

Question 7

Parkes/Bowlby attachment model of bereavement

Answer 7

1. Numbness
2. Yearning
3. Disorganisation and despair
4. Reorganisation

Question 8

Dual-process model of bereavement

Answer 8

Stroebe and Schut
The bereaved oscillates between coping with the emotional blow of losing a loved one and coping with the practical challenges of living.

Question 9

Patterns of bereavement in adults

Answer 9

• Resilient pattern
• Common grief
• Chronic grief
• Chronic depression
• Depression improvement pattern
• Complicated grief