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Chapter 19[Death, Dying, and Bereavement]
Development Through The Lifespan-- Berk
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Psychology
Graduate
11/05/2014

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Three phases a person moves through when death is imminent
Definition

1.Agonal Phase

2. Clinical Death

3. Mortality

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Agonal Phase

(Transition from life to death)

Definition
The Greek word agon means "struggle". Here agonal refers to the gasps and muslce spasms during the first moments in which the regular heartbeat disintegrates
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Clinical Death

(Transition from life to death)

Definition
A short interval follows in which heartbeat, breathing, and brain functioning stop, but resuscitation is still possible
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Mortality

(Transition from life to death)

Definition
The individual passes into permanent death
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Brain Death
Definition
Irreversible cessation of all activity in the brain and the brain stem (which controls reflexes), is used in most industrialized nations as the definition of death
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Persistent Vegatative State
Definition
The cerebral cortex no longer registers eletrical activity but the brain stem remained active
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Childhood understanding of death is based on 5 ideas
Definition

1.Permanence: Once a living thing dies it cannot be brought back to life 

2. Inevitability: All living things eventually die

3. Cessation: All living functions, including thought, feeling movement, cease at death

4. Applicability: Death applies only to living things

5.Causation: Death is caused by a breakdown of bodily functioning

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Death Anxiety
Definition
Fear and apprehension of death
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Kubler-Ross's 5 stages/reactions to death
Definition

1.Denial

2.Anger

3.Bargaining

4.Depression

5.Acceptance

 

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Appropriate Death
Definition
One that makes sense in terms of the individuals pattern of living and values and, at the same time, preserves or restores significant relationships and is as free of suffering as possible
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Hospice
Definition
It aims to provide a caring community sensitive to the dying person's needs so patients and family members can prepare for death in ways that are satisfying to them
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Palliative or comfort care
Definition
Care that relieves pain and other symptoms (nausea, breathing difficulties, insomnia, and depression) rather than prolonging life
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Euthanasia
Definition
The practice of ending the life of a person suffering from an incurable conditiion
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Passive Euthanasia
Definition
Life sustaining treatment is withheld or withdrawn, permitting a patient to die naterually
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Advanced Medical Directive
Definition
A written statement of desired medical treatment shoud they become incurable ill
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Living Will
Definition
People specify the treatments they do or do not want in case of a terminal illness, coma, or other neardeath situation
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Durable power of attorney for health care
Definition
Authorizes appointments of another person (usually, though not always, a family member) to make health-care decisions on one's behalf
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Voluntary Active Euthanasia
Definition
Doctors or others act directly, at the patient's request, to end suffering before a natural end to life
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Bereavement
Definition
The experience of losing a loved one by death
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Grief
Definition
Intense physical and psychological distress
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Mourning
Definition
The culturally specified expression of the bereaved person's thoughts and feelings
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Grieving Tasks (4)
Definition

1. Accept the reality of the loss

2. Work through the pain of grief

3. Adjust to a world without the loved one

4. Develop an inner bond with the deceased and move on with life

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Dual process model of copingwith loss
Definition
Effective coping requires people to oscillate between dealing with the emotional consequences of loss and attending to life changes, which--when handled successfully-- have restorative, or healing effects
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Anticipatory Grieving
Definition
Acknowledging that the loss is inevitable and preparing emotionally for it
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Thanatology
Definition
Interdisciplinary field devoted to the study of death and dying
Term

Leading causes of death:

1. Childhood/adolescence

2.Adulthood

Definition

1. Unintentional injuries

2. Cardiovascular disease and cancer

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Death with Dignity

(3 essential ingredients)

Definition

1.Assure the majority of dying people, who succumb gradually, that we will support them through their physical and psychological distress

2.Be candid about death's certainty

3.Doctors and nurses can help dying people learn enough about their condition to make reasoned choices about whether to fight on or say no to further treatment

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Forms of Euthanasia

(4)

Definition

1.Pass Euthanasia

2. Voluntary Active Authanasia

3. Assisted Suicide

4. Involuntary Active Euthanasia

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