Chapter 19

Question 1

Thanatology

Answer 1

Study of death and dying

Question 2

Terminal drop

Answer 2

Frequently observed decline in cognitive abilities near the end of life

Question 3

Hospice care

Answer 3

Personal, patient and family centered care for a person with a terminal illness

Question 4

Palliative care

Answer 4

Care aimed at relieving pain and suffering and allowing the terminally ill to die in peace, comfort and dignity

Question 5

Grief

Answer 5

Emotional response experienced in the early phases of bereavement

Question 6

Bereavement

Answer 6

Response due to the loss, due to death, of someone to whom one feels close and the process of adjustment to the loss

Question 7

Grief work

Answer 7

Working out of psychological issues connected with grief

Question 8

Advance directive

Answer 8

Document specifying the type of care wanted by the maker in the event of an incapacitating or terminal illness

Question 9

Durable power of attorney

Answer 9

Legal instrument that appoints an individual to make decisions in the event of another person’s incapacitation

Question 10

Assisted suicide

Answer 10

Suicide in which a physician or someone else helps a person take their own life

Question 11

Life review

Answer 11

Reminiscence about one’s life in order to see its significance