H.D - Chapter 10

Question 1

Stages of dying
(death is expected)

Answer 1

1. Weeks before
   loss of appetite
   more sleep
   weakness
   restlessness
   disorientation
   bladder problems
2. Days before
   less consciousness
   pause in breathing
   low blood pressure
   murmuring to people others can’t see
3. Days to hours before
   Hard to swallow
   shallow breaths
   weak or absent pulse
   noisy breathing
   pale, blue or cold skin

Question 2

Reaction to own’s death throughout life

Answer 2

1. Infancy
   React to separation of loved one
2. Early childhood
   Believe death is temporary
   blame themselves
3. Middle childhood
   often guilty
4. Late Childhood
   understand everyone will die
   fear of parents dying
5. Adolescence
   Feel immune to death
6. Early Adulthood
   Often don’t worry
7. Middle Adult hood
   More fear of death
   often caring for others
8. Late Adulthood
   Lower fear
   more used to death
   fear of how they’ll die

Question 3

How to teach children about death

Answer 3

Important to use clear phrases
Understanding death, less anxiety

Question 4

How do adults understand death of loved ones

Answer 4

• own death:
  more anxiety during earlier adulthood
  harder for loss of child

Question 5

Grief

Answer 5

The normal process of reacting to loss
social or physical loss

-Complicated
similar but not same as depression disorder

-disenfranchised grief
-anticipatory grief

Five Stages:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

Question 6

Bereavement

Answer 6

Period after a loss which grief and mourning occur

Question 7

Mourning

Answer 7

Process by which people adapt to a loss

Question 8

Traditional hospital

Answer 8

keep patient alive
don’t focus on pain

Question 9

Curative Care

Answer 9

Designed to overcome and cure diseases and illness
EX: Chemotherapy

Question 10

Palliative Care

Answer 10

Focuses on providing comfort and relief from physical and emotional pain to patients throughout their illness, even while being treated

-not just for terminally ill patients

Question 11

Hospice Care

Answer 11

Involves a team of professionals and volunteers who provide terminally ill patients with medical, psychological, and spiritual support, along w support for families

-home, nursing home, hospital
-Sometimes poor care provided

Question 12

Active Euthanasia

Answer 12

Intentionally causing death, usually through a lethal dose of medication

Question 13

Passive Euthanasia

Answer 13

Life-sustaining support is withdrawn

Question 14

Physician-Assisted Dying

Answer 14

A physician prescribes the means by which a person can die