HLSD Flashcards
(42 cards)
frailty
≥3 of the following :
- Shrinking (e.g. unintentional weight loss)
- Poor endurance and energy (e.g. self-reported exhaustion)
- Weakness (e.g. low grip strength)
- Slowness (e.g. slow walking speed)
- Low physical activity level
comorbidity, frailty n disability
comorbidity=risk factor for frailty
disability=outcome of frailty
these disorders develop in older age
dementia and delirium
human survival curve
percentage of humans surviving as they age
whole brain death
No spontaneous movement in response to any stimuli
Kubler Ross – 5 stages of grief
DABDA denial anger bargaining depression acceptance
7 tests for brainstem function (wen dying)
- No pupillary response to light
- No corneal/gag/cough/vestibulo-ocular reflexes
- Absence of response to cranial nerve distribution to painful stimuli
- Apnoeic test – ventilator disconnected and CO2 allowed to rise
euthanasia -human development a lifespan view
active euthanaisa
depression
serotonin
schizophrenia
dopamine
multifinality
same thing affect ppl differentlu
equifinality
different thing but get same outcome in ppl
Delinquency
• Basically =kids doing bad things, eg taking drugs, stealing cars, smashing windows
cascade iatrogenesis
related sequence of adverse events which are triggered by an initial medical intervention
delusion
belief of something not real e.g. think solmeone said something bad about u
hallucincation
perception of something not real e.g. hearing screaming voices, feeling that bugs crawling under skin wen actually nothing there
self-efficacy
belief in urself that u can do it
Perceived …..are stronger predictors of adherence than
barriers and benefits
perceptions of susceptibility or severity of health threat.
Preconditions for brain death testing
deep apnoeic coma and a diagnosis of severe brain injury
The doctrine of double effect
This doctrine says that if doing something morally good has a morally bad side-effect it’s ethically OK to do it providing the bad side-effect wasn’t intended. This is true even if you foresaw that the bad effect would probably happen.
personality disorder onset
adolescence or early adulthood
PD more common in
unmarried, younger, male, with comorbid medical/psychiatric conditions
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others motives are interpreted as malevolent (wishing to do evil to others)
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Pattern of detachment from social relationships and restricted range of emotional expression
