Exam 3: chapter 16

Question 1

Clinical Death

Answer 1

a person is dead once the heart stops beating

Question 2

Whole Brain Death

Answer 2

irreversible loss of functioning in the entire brain

Question 3

Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)

Answer 3

state in which a person appears awake but is not aware due to permanent loss of all activity in the cortex

Question 4

Dying With Dignity

Answer 4

ending life in a way that is true to one’s preferences, controlling one’s end-of-life care

Question 5

Living Will

Answer 5

legal document that permits a individuals to make their wishes known regarding medical care in the event that they are incapacitated by illness or accident and are unable to speak for themselves

Question 6

Durable Power of Attorney

Answer 6

document in which individuals designate a trusted relative or friend (health care proxy) as legally authorized to make health care decisions on their behalf in the event they are unable to do so

Question 7

Euthanasia

Answer 7

the practice of assisting terminally ill people in dying more quickly

Question 8

Passive Euthanasia

Answer 8

life-sustaining treatment is withheld or withdrawn, allowing the person to die naturally

Question 9

Active Euthanasia

Answer 9

death is deliberately induced

Question 10

Physician-Assisted Suicide

Answer 10

type of voluntary active euthanasia where terminally ill patients make conscious decision they want their life to end before dying becomes a protracted process

Question 11

Hospice

Answer 11

an approach to end-of-life care that emphasizes dying patients’ needs for pain management; psychological, spiritual, and social support; and death with dignity

Question 12

Palliative Care

Answer 12

focusing on controlling pain and related symptoms

Question 13

3–5 year old understanding of death

Answer 13

view death as temporary and reversible

Question 14

5-7 year old understanding of death

Answer 14

understand death is final, irreversible, and inevitable

Question 15

late childhood understanding of death

Answer 15

understand biological causality

Question 16

Kübler–Ross categorized people’s reactions to death into five types:

Answer 16

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

Question 17

Bereavement

Answer 17

a state of loss

Question 18

Grief

Answer 18

an emotional response to loss, including emotions such as hurt, anger, guilt, and confusion

Question 19

Mourning

Answer 19

culturally patterned, ritualistic ways of displaying and expressing bereavement, including special clothing, food, prayers, and gatherings

Question 20

grief Dual-Process Model

Answer 20

bereavement is accompanied by two types of stressors:
* Loss-oriented stressors
* Restoration-oriented stressors