Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling Chapter 6 Flashcards
Determinants of Grief
Normal Coping Behavior Number of previous losses and deaths Grief overload Concurrent Stressors Expectations Available support network Gender conditioning Physical and Mental Health
These are the 4th leading cause of death for people between 15 and 24
Accidents
Grief Response After Suicide
Shock Bewilderment Denial Guilt Powerlessness Obsessive Review Blame Shame Anger Fear
An act or practice of allowing the death of a person suffering from a life-limiting condition
Euthanasia
Mercy Killing
An act of kindness
Voluntary Euthanasia
Intervention intended to kill a person who is incapable of making a request to die
Involuntary Euthanasia
Forgoing or withdrawal of medical treatment that offers no hope or benefit to the total well-being of the patient with the intent of causing death
Passive Euthanasia
Physician provides medications or other means for a patient to use on himself to end life
Physician Assisted Suicide
An abnormal grief response that is more intense than normal grief, yet different than clinical depression
Complicated Grief
Reaction is prolonged, excessive in duration, and never comes to a satisfactory conclusion
Chronic Grief
Reaction that does not occur in a normal time-frame but occurs at a later time
Delayed Grief
A person experiences symptoms and behavior which causes them difficulty but they do not recognize the fact that these are related to the loss
Masked Grief
The reactions to the loss are excessive and disabling
Exaggerated Grief
A loss that society does not Recognize as valid and believes does not deserve mourning
Disenfranchised Grief
