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PSYCH 225
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thanatology | the study of death and dying, especially of the social and emotional aspects |
| terror management theory (TMT) | idea that people adopt cultural values & moral principles to cope w/ fear of death. System of beliefs protects inds from anxiety about mortality & boisters self-esteem so they react harshley when other people go against any moral principles involved |
| hospice | an institution or program in which terminally ill patients receive palliative care to reduce suffering; family and friends of the dying are helped as well |
| palliative care | care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family |
| double effect | a situation in which an action (such as administering opiates) has both a positive effect (relieving a terminally ill person's pain) and negative effect (hastening death by suppressing respiration) |
| passive euthanasia | a situation in which a seriously ill person is allowed to die naturally, through the cessation of medical intervention |
| DNR (do not resuscitate) order | a written order from a physician (sometimes initiated by a patient's proxy's request) that not attempt should be made to revive a patient if he or she suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest |
| active euthanasia | a situation in which someone takes action to bring about another person's death, with the intention of ending that person's suffering |
| slippery slope | the argument that a given action will start a chain of events that will culminate in an undesirable outcome |
| physician-assisted suicide | a form of active euthanasia in which a doctor provides the means for someone to end his or her own life |
| living well | a document that indicates what medical intervention an individual prefers if he or she is not conscious when a decision is to be expressed. For example, some do not want to be given mechanical breathing |
| health care proxy | a person chosen by another person to make medical decision if the second person becomes unable to do so |
| grief | the deep sorrow that people feel at the death of another. Grief is personal and unpredictable |
| complicated grief | a type of grief that impedes a person's future life, usually because the person clings to sorrow or is buffeted by contradictory emotions |
| absent grief | a situation in which mourners do not grieve, either because other people do not allow grief to be expressed or because the mourners do not allow themselves to feel sadness |
| disenfranchised grief | a situation in which certain people, although they are bereaved, are prevented from mourning publicly by cultural custums or social restrictions |
| incomplete grief | a situation in which circumstances, such as a police investigation or an autopsy, interfere with the process of grieving |
| mourning | the ceremonies and behaviors that a religion or culture prescribes for people to employ in expressing their bereavement after a death |
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