Health L9

Question 1

Deaths in Australia

Answer 1

150,000 death (50% have warning)

Question 2

End of life issues

Answer 2

uncertainty, fear of pain and suffering, fear of process, decision-making, carer feeling of inadequacy, practical issues, anticipatory grief

Question 3

Palliative care

Answer 3

improves quality of life of patients and families

prevention and relief of suffering

Question 4

Thanatology

Answer 4

study of death of dying

Question 5

Bereavement

Answer 5

state of experiencing a loss

Question 6

grief

Answer 6

passive and involuntary reaction to the state of bereavement

Question 7

mourning

Answer 7

active process of coping with bereavement

Question 8

what is grief

Answer 8

normal process of adjustment to loss, chaotic and unpredictable

Question 9

Kubler Ross stages of grief

Answer 9

denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

Question 10

Warden stages of grief

Answer 10

To accept the reality of loss, experience the pain of loss, adjust the new environment with the person, reinvest in the new reality

Question 11

Benefits of stage theories

Answer 11

useful as therapeutic tools, define specific actions, easy to understand, can explain anticipatory grief

Question 12

Weaknesses of stage theories

Answer 12

oversimplify, normative, individual differences not acknowledged, gender differences

Question 13

Current trends of grief

Answer 13

move away from linear models, shift from detachment to maintaining symbolic bonds with deceased, complicated grief, growth models, individual and cultural differences

Question 14

Stroebe and Schut Dual Process Model

Answer 14

loss oriented coping (emotional and reactive) and restoration-oriented coping (dealing with life changes)

Question 15

Dignity Therapy

Answer 15

lowers patients levels of depression and sadness, provides an opportunity to reflect on things that matter most to patients