Thanatology Understanding Death and Dying
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
THANATOLOGY - ✔✔study of death and dying HOSPICE CARE - ✔✔personal,
patient- and family-centered care for a person with terminal illness.
PALLIATIVE CARE - ✔✔care aimed at relieving pain and suffering and allowing
the terminally ill to die in peace, comfort, and dignity. TERMINAL DROP - ✔✔a
frequently observed decline in cognitive abilities near the end of life also called
terminal decline. GRIEF - ✔✔emotional response experienced in the early
phases of bereavement. BEREAVEMENT - ✔✔loss, due to death, of someone to
whom one feels close and the process of adjustment to the loss. GRIEF WORK -
✔✔working out of psychological issues connected with grief. PASSIVE
EUTHANASIA - ✔✔withholding or discontinuation of life-prolonging treatment
of a terminally ill person to end suffering or allow death with dignity. ACTIVE
EUTHANASIA - ✔✔deliberate action taken to shorten the life of a terminally ill
person to end suffering or to allow death with dignity also called mercy killing.
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE (LIVING WILL) - ✔✔document specifying the type of care
wanted by the maker in the event of an incapacitating or terminal illness.
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY - ✔✔legal instrument that appoints an
individual to make decisions in the event of another person's incapacitation.
ASSISTED SUICIDE - ✔✔suicide in which a physician or someone else helps a
person take his or her own life. LIFE REVIEW - ✔✔reminiscence about one's
life to see its significance. MORTALITY REVOLUTION - ✔✔Advances in
medicine and sanitation, new treatment for many once-fatal illnesses, and a
better educated, more health-conscious population have brought about
mortality revolution. KUBLER-ROSS STAGES MODEL - ✔✔To help understand
the emotional responses people experience when facing death or a loss.
DENIAL - ✔✔the initial stage involves struggling to accept the reality of the loss
or change, often a sense of disbelief or a desire to avoid the situation. ANGER -
✔✔as denial starts to fade, anger may emerge, directed at oneself, the
situation, or even a higher power. BARGAINING - ✔✔this stage involves making
deals or promises in an attempt to change the situation or delay the loss.
DEPRESSION - ✔✔A period of sadness as reality settles in. FUNCTIONAL
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
THANATOLOGY - ✔✔study of death and dying HOSPICE CARE - ✔✔personal,
patient- and family-centered care for a person with terminal illness.
PALLIATIVE CARE - ✔✔care aimed at relieving pain and suffering and allowing
the terminally ill to die in peace, comfort, and dignity. TERMINAL DROP - ✔✔a
frequently observed decline in cognitive abilities near the end of life also called
terminal decline. GRIEF - ✔✔emotional response experienced in the early
phases of bereavement. BEREAVEMENT - ✔✔loss, due to death, of someone to
whom one feels close and the process of adjustment to the loss. GRIEF WORK -
✔✔working out of psychological issues connected with grief. PASSIVE
EUTHANASIA - ✔✔withholding or discontinuation of life-prolonging treatment
of a terminally ill person to end suffering or allow death with dignity. ACTIVE
EUTHANASIA - ✔✔deliberate action taken to shorten the life of a terminally ill
person to end suffering or to allow death with dignity also called mercy killing.
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE (LIVING WILL) - ✔✔document specifying the type of care
wanted by the maker in the event of an incapacitating or terminal illness.
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY - ✔✔legal instrument that appoints an
individual to make decisions in the event of another person's incapacitation.
ASSISTED SUICIDE - ✔✔suicide in which a physician or someone else helps a
person take his or her own life. LIFE REVIEW - ✔✔reminiscence about one's
life to see its significance. MORTALITY REVOLUTION - ✔✔Advances in
medicine and sanitation, new treatment for many once-fatal illnesses, and a
better educated, more health-conscious population have brought about
mortality revolution. KUBLER-ROSS STAGES MODEL - ✔✔To help understand
the emotional responses people experience when facing death or a loss.
DENIAL - ✔✔the initial stage involves struggling to accept the reality of the loss
or change, often a sense of disbelief or a desire to avoid the situation. ANGER -
✔✔as denial starts to fade, anger may emerge, directed at oneself, the
situation, or even a higher power. BARGAINING - ✔✔this stage involves making
deals or promises in an attempt to change the situation or delay the loss.
DEPRESSION - ✔✔A period of sadness as reality settles in. FUNCTIONAL
