death and dying final

Question 1

three types of environmental encounters, what do they challenge?

Answer 1

1) accidents
2) diasters
3) violence
caution secures safety

Question 2

accidents

Answer 2

viewed as chance of fate
varying degrees of control
awareness of causes
accident-prone 
natural and unnatural factors

Question 3

diasters

Answer 3

4% of total world deaths
result of growing pop and industrialization (bophal gas leak)
usually warning but sometimes not for political reasons and greed
postvention=aftermath help given

Question 4

violence

Answer 4

public health problem, not criminal justice problem
consequences spiral down to effect communities
random violence most threatening
feelings of safety with connectedness are diminishing
justice system seems arbitrary
femicide

Question 5

criteria for sentence of death penalty

Answer 5

1) meets criteria for first degree murder
2) considered an adult in the jurisdiction
3) found fit to stand trial (know what’s going on, know the consequences
4) found to be criminally responsible (understand conduct at the time the crime was committed)
5) charged and convicted in an adult court (2005 US)

Question 6

factors that favour violence

Answer 6

1) separates killer from the victim
2) permits killer to define murder as something else
3) fosters perceiving ppl as objects or less than human
4) permits one to escape responsibility by blaming someone else
5) encourages seeing oneself as debased or worthless
6) forces a hasty decision or that doesn’t permit cooling off
7) encourages a person to feel above or outside of the law

Question 7

factors that prevent violent behaviour

Answer 7

1) no prejudicial or derogatory labels
2) eliminate conditions that underlie dehumanizing perceptions
3) communication and contact between potential adversaries
4) no physical punishment
5) champion good guys
6) you are responsible for your behaviour
7) human resources that can provide alternative to violence
8) no attractiveness of violence in the mass media

Question 8

war

Answer 8

killing acceptable and heroic, protecting a way of life
new rules
propaganda and hate training dehumanize enemy
heroism and patriotism first, only keep fighting to survive once there
includes families in toll
technological alienation (hiroshima)

Question 9

effects of war

Answer 9

psychic numbing
PTSD
combat brain injuries

Question 10

terrorism

Answer 10

unlawful use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims especially against citizens
maybe remember attacks

Question 11

dying person bill of rights

Answer 11

come on you got this

Question 12

living wills

Answer 12

state wishes for end of life medical care in case cant communicate

Question 13

POA

Answer 13

legal doc where you name a specific person to act on your behalf

Question 14

wills

Answer 14

formal=must meet certain requirements, written, signed, 2 witnesses
informal=written on anything just need to be in own handwriting and signed
executor of estate=you know

Question 15

organ donation process (7)

Answer 15

1) identification
2) declaration of brainstem death
3) consent
4) donor maintenance
5) allocation
6) procedure
7) follow-up

Question 16

identification contraindications

Answer 16

1) cancer from the neck down
2) sepsis
3) transmittable infections (HIV)
4) disease effecting organ to be donated
5) age

Question 17

percentage of multiple organ donors refused bc of certain causes of death

Answer 17

41% cancer
37% cerebral bleed
11% anoxia
11% brain tumours

Question 18

declaration of brainstem death

Answer 18

when person has permanently lost the potential for consciousness and the capacity to breathe on their own
checklist filled out by 2 doctors independent to the transplant team
consecutive EEGs

Question 19

causes of brainstem death

Answer 19

stroke
head trauma
anoxia
primary brain tumour

Question 20

test for brainstem death

Answer 20

1) pupils
2) cornea reflex
3) gag reflex
4) motor reflex
5) vestibulo-ocular
6) respiratory centre

Question 21

consent

Answer 21

family will always be asked and their wishes will be respected over yours

Question 22

donor maintenance

Answer 22

ensuring that the organs remain viable

Question 23

allocation

Answer 23

multiple organ retrieval exchange program (MORE)

Question 24

retrieval

Answer 24

time factor and organ viability
6-10 hrs min
all blood removed from organ or else it will clot
hearts only last 4-6 hrs

Question 25

follow up

Answer 25

no contact allowed

liason handles sending letters

Question 26

aassisted suicide

Answer 26

the good death
slippery slope one a society by law, decides something for a certain population theres is always the chance that other members may be forced to be a part of the population
active vs passive

Question 27

rodriguez and patient m case

Answer 27

rodriquez, 1993, supreme court BC then Canada, found dead in home
quebec court, breathing tube, said yes

Question 28

arguments against euthanasia

Answer 28

preservation of life
slippery slope
new science

Question 29

arguments for euthanasia

Answer 29

control and autonomy
suffering
quality vs quantity

Question 30

bill C-407

Answer 30

2005

Question 31

bill C-384

Answer 31

2009 first two times done by private members

2010 not passed

Question 32

hospice 10 principles

Answer 32

1) philosophy not facility
2) relationship with caregiver honest
3) maximize quality of life
4) offers care to patient and family
5) holistic care
6) continuing support to survivors
7) combine skills through team work
8) 24/7
9) support own staff and volunteers
10) can be applied to variety of patient/families

Question 33

palliative care

Answer 33

active and aggressive treatment unique to dying patient
caring not curing
symptoms not causes
modifies sources of nausea, pain etc

Question 34

pal care ethical principles

Answer 34

1) individualism
2) autonomy and control
3) relationship w caregiver is honest
4) respect belief system, personality, values
5) care not cure
6) bereavement support

Question 35

personal reasons for death education

Answer 35

figure out own feelings
provides a balance
appreciation of own death and others
insight into unfinished business
professional concerns
academically intriguing
consensus to value of human life

Question 36

societal reasons for death education

Answer 36

public policies
institutional adjustments
examination of assumptions and what you want when you die but what you know you wont necessarily get
underlying principles of war
political awareness is academically intriguing
quality of life and right to die
understand other cultures

Question 37

death education research

Answer 37

process of mourning: observational, anecdotally
physiological processes: cancer kills most ppl have we cure cancer?
expressions of grief: creativity helps grieving process
attitudes to death: can be changed overtime and observation (hope and heart surgeries)
death anxiety: defined, measurement, implications
societal communal death: horrendous death