Epilogue

Question 1

The study of death and dying

• Especially the social and emotional aspects.
• Neither morbid or gloomy, it reveals:
• The reality of hope in death
• Acceptance of dying
• Reaffirmation of life

Is known as _____________.

Answer 1

Thanatology

Question 2

Fatally ill children typically fear __________  frequent and caring contact is more important than logic.

Answer 2

abandonment

Question 3

Take risks, place a high value on appearance, and seek ____

Answer 3

thrills

Question 4

• The idea that people adopt cultural values and moral principles in order to cope with their fear of death.
• Adolescents often predict that they will die at an early age
• **Tendency toward risk taking can be deadly (e.g., suicides, homicides, car accidents).

Answer 4

Terror management theory (TMT)

Question 5

Ages ___ to 60: Terminally ill adults worry about leaving something undone or leaving family members—especially children—alone

Answer 5

25

Question 6

One sign of mental health among older adults is __________ of their own mortality and altruistic concern about those who will live on after them

Answer 6

acceptance

Question 7

A death that is peaceful, quick, and painless and that occurs after a long life, in the company of family and friends, and in familiar surroundings.

Answer 7

Good death

Question 8

Lacks these six characteristics and is dreaded, particularly by the elderly

Answer 8

Bad death

Question 9

Kübler-Ross identified emotions experienced by dying people, which she divided into five stages:

1. )
2. )
3. )
4. )
5. )

Answer 9

1. Denial (“I am not really dying.”)
2. Anger (“I blame my doctors, or my family, or God for my death.”)
3. Bargaining (“I will be good from now on if I can live.”)
4. Depression (“I don’t care about anything; nothing matters anymore.”)
5. Acceptance (“I accept my death as part of life.”)

Question 10

Stage Model based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Answer 10

1. Physiological needs (freedom from pain)
2. Safety (no abandonment)
3. Love and acceptance (from close family and friends)
4. Respect (from caregivers)
5. Self-actualization (appreciating one’s past and present)
6. Self-transcendence (acceptance of death)
   * **This stage was later suggested by Maslow.

Question 11

Many thanologists find that the “stages” of death may not go in _____ and some may never occur.

Answer 11

order

Question 12

An institution or program in which terminally ill patients receive palliative care; caregivers provide skilled treatment to relieve pain and discomfort; they avoid measures to delay death and their focus is to make dying easier

Answer 12

Hospice

Question 13

Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family.

Answer 13

Palliative care

Question 14

An ethical situation in which an action (such as administering opiates) has both a positive effect (relieving a terminally ill person’s pain) and a negative effect (hastening death by suppressing respiration

Answer 14

Double effect

Question 15

Later _____ due to drugs, surgery, and other interventions (e.g., respirators, defibrillators, stomach tubes, and antibiotics)

Answer 15

death

Question 16

A situation in which a seriously ill person is allowed to die naturally, through the cessation of medical intervention

Answer 16

Passive euthanasia

Question 17

A written order from a physician (sometimes initiated by a patient’s advance directive or by a health care proxy’s request) that no attempt should be made to revive a patient during cardiac or respiratory arrest.

Answer 17

DNR (do not resuscitate)

Question 18

A situation in which someone takes action to bring about another person’s death, with the intention of ending that person’s suffering. Legal under some circumstances in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, but it is illegal (yet rarely prosecuted) in most other nations.

Answer 18

Active euthanasia

Question 19

A form of active euthanasia in which a doctor provides the means for someone to end his or her own life.

Answer 19

Physician-assisted suicide

Question 20

The argument that a given action will start a chain of events that will culminate in an undesirable outcome.
Known as ……?

**Concern: Hastening death when terminally ill people request may cause a society to slide into killing sick people who are not ready to die—especially the old and the poor.

Answer 20

Slippery slope

Question 21

A document that indicates what kinds of medical intervention an individual wants or does not want if he or she becomes incapable of expressing those wishes.

Answer 21

Living will

Question 22

A person chosen by another person to make medical decisions if the second person becomes unable to do so.

Answer 22

Health care proxy

Question 23

The sense of loss following a death.

Answer 23

Bereavement

Question 24

The powerful sorrow that an individual feels at the death of another

Answer 24

Grief

Question 25

The ceremonies and behaviors that a religion or culture prescribes for people to employ in expressing their bereavement after a death.

Answer 25

Mourning

Question 26

The bereaved sometimes blame the dead person, sometimes themselves, and sometimes distant others.

Answer 26

placing blame

Question 27

A situation in which overly private people cut themselves off from the community and customs that allow and expect grief; can lead to social isolation

Answer 27

Absent grief

Question 28

A situation in which certain people, although they are bereaved, are prevented from mourning publicly by cultural customs or social restrictions

Answer 28

Disenfranchised grief

Question 29

A situation in which circumstances, such as a police investigation or an autopsy, interfere with the process of grieving.

**The grief process may be incomplete if mourning is cut short or if other people are distracted from their role in recovery.

Answer 29

Incomplete grief

Question 30

after a loved one passes, Most bereaved people recover within …?

Answer 30

a year