Death and Dying Flashcards
(41 cards)
A frequently observed decline in cognitive abilities near the end of life. Also called terminal decline.
A. Terminal Drop
B. Clinical Death
C. Persistent Vegetative State
D. Bioethics
A. Terminal Drop
Lack of heartbeat. Now it was characterized as whole-brain death.
A. Terminal Drop
B. Clinical Death
C. Persistent Vegetative State
D. Bioethics
B. Clinical Death
A situation in which a person’s cortical functioning ceases while brainstem activity continues (reflexes such as breathing)
A. Terminal Drop
B. Clinical Death
C. Persistent Vegetative State
D. Bioethics
C. Persistent Vegetative State
is a study of the interface between human values and technological advances in health and life science.
A. Terminal Drop
B. Clinical Death
C. Persistent Vegetative State
D. Bioethics
D. Bioethics
The practice of ending life for reasons of mercy.
A. Euthanasia
B. Active Euthanasia
C. Passive Euthanasia
D. Assisted Suicide
A. Euthanasia
the deliberate ending of someone’s life.
A. Euthanasia
B. Active Euthanasia
C. Passive Euthanasia
D. Assisted Suicide
B. Active Euthanasia
Allowing a person to die by withholding available treatment.
A. Euthanasia
B. Active Euthanasia
C. Passive Euthanasia
D. Assisted Suicide
C. Passive Euthanasia
A physician or someone else helps a person bring about a self-inflicted death by, for example, prescribing or obtaining drugs or enabling a patient to inhale a deadly gas—commonly refers to situations in which people with incurable, terminal illnesses request help in ending their lives.
A. Euthanasia
B. Active Euthanasia
C. Passive Euthanasia
D. Assisted Suicide
D. Assisted Suicide
Others shop for another diagnosis, there must be a mistake.
A. Denial
B. Anger
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
E. Acceptance
A. Denial
” why me?”
A. Denial
B. Anger
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
E. Acceptance
B. Anger
to look for a way out.
A. Denial
B. Anger
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
E. Acceptance
C. Bargaining
when pain cannot be denied, there is deep loss, sorrow, guilt.
A. Denial
B. Anger
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
E. Acceptance
D. Depression
Accepts death as inevitable.
A. Denial
B. Anger
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
E. Acceptance
E. Acceptance
It makes us feel uncomfortable, it is ethereal in nature. This anxiety is a complex and multidimensional construct.
A. Death Anxiety
B. Terror Management Theory
C. End-of-Life Issues
D. Final Scenario
E. Life Review
A. Death Anxiety
Addresses the issue of why people engage in certain behaviors to achieve particular psychological states based on their deeply rooted concerns about mortality.
A. Death Anxiety
B. Terror Management Theory
C. End-of-Life Issues
D. Final Scenario
E. Life Review
B. Terror Management Theory
Issues pertaining to the management of the final phase of life, after-death disposition of their body and memorial services, and distribution of assets.
A. Death Anxiety
B. Terror Management Theory
C. End-of-Life Issues
D. Final Scenario
E. Life Review
C. End-of-Life Issues
Making one’s choices known about how they do and do not want their lives to end.
A. Death Anxiety
B. Terror Management Theory
C. End-of-Life Issues
D. Final Scenario
E. Life Review
D. Final Scenario
Reminiscence about one’s life to see its significance.
A. Death Anxiety
B. Terror Management Theory
C. End-of-Life Issues
D. Final Scenario
E. Life Review
E. Life Review
Care aimed at relieving pain and suffering and allowing the terminally ill to die in peace, comfort, and dignity.
A. Palliative Care
B. Hospice
C. Inpatient Hospices
D. Outpatient Hospices
A. Palliative Care
An approach to assisting dying people that emphasizes pain management, or palliative care, and death with dignity.
A. Palliative Care
B. Hospice
C. Inpatient Hospices
D. Outpatient Hospices
B. Hospice
Provide all care for clients.
A. Palliative Care
B. Hospice
C. Inpatient Hospices
D. Outpatient Hospices
C. Inpatient Hospices
Provide services to clients who remain in their own homes
A. Palliative Care
B. Hospice
C. Inpatient Hospices
D. Outpatient Hospices
D. Outpatient Hospices
In the first few hours or days after the death, the bereaved person is often in a daze—gripped by a sense of unreality and disbelief and almost empty of feelings.
A. Numbness
B. Yearning
C. Disorganization and Despair
D. Reorganization
A. Numbness
As the numbing sense of shock and disbelief diminishes, the bereaved person experiences more agony.
A. Numbness
B. Yearning
C. Disorganization and Despair
D. Reorganization
B. Yearning