Death, Dying and Bereavement Flashcards
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death: clinical death
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- period during which vital signs are absent
- resuscitation is still possible
- presumably, near death experiences occur in this state
2
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brain death
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- absence of vital signs (includes brain activity)
- resuscitation is no longer possible
- person is considered legally dead
3
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social death
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- point to which family and medical personnel treat the deceased person as a corpse
- family and friends must begin to deal with the loss
4
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end of life: hospital care
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majority of deaths occur in hospitals (in Canada)
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end of life: hospice palliative care
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- hollistic approach to care for terminally il
- emphasizes individual and family control
- emerged in the 60s
6
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death with dignity
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- more likely if the dying person is at home
- more contact with family and friends at home
7
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hospice care philosophy
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- death should be viewed as normal
- patient and family should be encouraged to prepare for the death
- medical care should be primarily palliative care - not cure
- refer to Notebook Shema
8
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hospice care philosophy: care is aimed at satisfying _____
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- physical needs
- emotional needs
- spiritual needs
- psychological needs
9
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hospice care philosophy helps families to ____
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- prepare for and manage self-determined life closure and dying process
- cope with loss and grief
10
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controversial topics about death: assisted suicide and euthanasia
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- refer to concepts from this chapter
11
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meaning of death: the 3 aspects
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- death is irreversible
- death is inevitable
- death means the cessation of all function
this varies with beliefs and religion
12
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children understanding death: 4 years old (preschool)
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- no understanding of death
- often explained to children in other abstract terms
- do not have cognitive and emotional knowledge
- begin to understand the sadness related to it
13
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children understanding death: 5 years old
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- understand death is sad
- understand adults fear death
- may begin to fear death themselves
- may have many questions about death
- how we talk about death can result in guilt or shame
14
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children understanding death: 7 years old
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- understanding death is permanent, irreversible, happens to everyone
- may personify death in other forms (angels, ghosts)
- states of change
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children understanding death: 9 years old
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- most seem to understanding permanence and universality of death
- teaching them about the nature of biological life
- knowledge helps understand what causes death and why it is irreversible
- creates better coping
