Chapter 19: Life's Final Chapter

Question 1

Whole-Brain Death

Answer 1

Cessation of activity of the cerebral cortex and brain stems

Question 2

Hospice

Answer 2

An organization that treats dying patients by focusing on palliative care rather than curative treatment

Question 3

Palliative Care

Answer 3

Treatment Focused on the relief of pain and suffering, not on a cure

Question 4

Euthanasia

Answer 4

The purposeful taking of life to relieve suffering

Question 5

Voluntary Euthanasia

Answer 5

The intentional ending of life as a result of a competent, informed person having made a personal decision to have assisted death

Question 6

Non-voluntary Euthanasia

Answer 6

The intentional ending of the life of a person who has not expressed their preference in terms of an assisted death

Question 7

Assisted dying

Answer 7

A self-inflicted death as a result of someone intentionally pricing the knowledge or means to die by suicide

Question 8

Terminal Sedation

Answer 8

The practice of relieving distress in the last hours or days of life with the use of sedatives

Question 9

Living Will

Answer 9

A document, prepared when a person is well, outlines the person’s desires concerning medical care should they become incapacitated or unable to speak for themself. It can provide directives for healthcare providers to terminate life-sustain treatment.

Question 10

Bereavement

Answer 10

The state of deprivation brought about by the death of a family member or close friend

Question 11

Grief

Answer 11

Emotional suffering resulting from a death

Question 12

Mourning

Answer 12

Customary methods of expressing grief

Question 13

Disenfranchised Grief

Answer 13

Grief that is not acknowledged by society