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drdonna Chapter 17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dual-process model | model of coping with bereavement that emphasizes oscillation between loss-oriented stressors and restoration-oriented stressors |
| prolonged grief | involves enduring despair and is still unresolved over an extended period of time |
| disenfranchised grief | involves a deceased person that is a socially ambiguous loss that can't be openly mourned or supported |
| grief | emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love |
| acceptance | Kubler-Ross's fifth stage of dying whenthe person develops a sense of peace |
| depression | fourth stage of Kubler-Ross's dying in which the person perceives the certainty of his/her death |
| bargaining | Third stage of Kubler-Ross's dying, when a person develps the hope that death can somehow be postponed |
| anger | stage of death in which person has anger, resentment, rage, and envy |
| denial and isolaation | first stage of Kubler-Ross' dying when the dying persondenies that she is really going to die |
| active euthanasia | death induced deliberately, as by injfecting a lethal dose of a drug |
| hospice | program committed to making the end of a life free from pain, anxiety, and depression |
| palliative care | involves reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity |
| brain death | neurological definition of death when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time |