Chapter 28 Flashcards
1
Q
What is loss?
A
The experience of separation from something of personal importance
2
Q
What is grief?
A
Deep mental and emotional anguish that is a response to the subjective experience of loss of something significant.
3
Q
What are the five stages of of Grief
A
I. denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
4
Q
What is anticipatory grieving?
A
feelings and emotions associated with the normal grief response before the loss actually occurs.
5
Q
What is delayed grief?
A
failure or the mourning process. (may prevent assimilation of the loss and thereby delay a return to satisfying living)
6
Q
What is hospice?
A
a program that provides palliative and supportive care to meet the special needs of people who are dying and their families.
7
Q
What is an advance directive?
A
living will or durable power of attorney (health care proxy)
