Death and Dying Flashcards
What Changes in society result in decreased familiarity with death
A. ↑ life expectancy and ↓ mortality rates
B. geographic mobility
C. changing causes of death
D. displacement of death from the home
E. development of life-extending technologies
What are An individual’s attitudes towards death and dying shaped by?
- Changes in society resulting in decreased familiarity with death
- Deaths we’ve experienced
How do deaths we’ve experienced shape our attitude toward death?
A. how individual’s family deals with death
B. how community deals with death
C. what your religion teaches you about death
A specific reaction to one’s own impending death or death of a significant other is shaped by:
- One’s general attitudes towards death
- Life stage
a. early childhood
b. late childhood
c. adolescence
d. young adult
e. mid-life
f. later-life - Influence of previous experiences with death
a. influence of each death
b. current life circumstances
What are the 5 stages of dying?
DENIAL ANGER BARGAINING DEPRESSION ACCEPTANCE
define bereavement
the event of LOSS
Define grief
person’s emotional response to the event of loss
Define mourning
the outward acknowledgement of one’s loss
What are the symptoms of grief?
- Somatic
- Mental
- Emotional
Define somatic symptoms of grief
tight throat shortness of breath empty feeling in abdomen muscle weakness chills
Define mental symptoms of grief
tension
disorganized thinking
sense of unreality
Define emotional symptoms of grief
sad
lonely
angry
guilty
What are the 7 phases of grief?
- shock, numb, disbelief
- disorganization
- volatile emotions
- guilt
- loss and loneliness
- relief that pain is subsiding
- re-establishment
What are William Worden”s 4 tasks of mourning?
- accepting the reality of loss
- experiencing the pain of grief
- adjusting to a changed environment
- withdrawing the emotional energy from the deceased so that new relationships can form
