Grieving and death

Question 1

5 stages of psychological changes for dying

Answer 1

Denial
- provide accuarate information
- accept emotional stages and provide support
- encourage sharing of feelings
Anger
- encourage patient express feeling , even complaints
- accept patient with empathy and slience
- clean explanations for all procedures and treatments
Bargaining
- Provide support and pain management
- encourage talking about their beliefs and wills
- help to meet wishes as much as possible
Depression
- accept and allow to express sadness
- beware of suicidual thinking
- accompany patient and provide emotional supprt
Acceptance
- allow patient to express own needs
- give quiet time and provide support
- show support and reassurance to family members

Question 2

factors affect response to dying

Answer 2

age
gender
family support
social support
religion/ culture
cause of death

Question 3

3 categories of dead body

Answer 3

1. standard precautions (blue card)
2. Additional precautions ( yellow card)
   must bagging
3. Stringent precautions ( red card)
   Cremation is recommend