Exam 2: Chapter 11 Flashcards
Illness that becomes worse with time
Progressive illness
One that diminishes with time and ends
Remitting illness
Major cause of death are
Heart disease, cancer, lower respiratory diseases, cerbrovascular disease
The most commonly used measure of how someone is coping with a chronic illness is the measure
Quality of life
Most effective resource that a person with a chronic illness has is
Appraisals
If the illness is seen as a challenge _____, and they believe they have a lot of social support to cope with it _______
Primary , secondary appraisal
One of the psychological reactions first felt the moment a person is informed they have a chronic illness
Denial
Interferes with healthy functioning, causing a person to cope poorly and delay recognition
Anxiety
Most common negative reaction to a chronic illness is
Depression
People with these diseases die after a short time
Terminal diseases
Quality of life is measured by assessing
Physical and psychological status
Most prevalent chronic disease and nations primary cause of death
Coronary heart disease
Most effective psychological resources that people with chronic illness have
Appraisals
The termination of lethal drug administration by a physician
Euthanasia
Cancer is the _____ cause of death in America
Second
